Acrospermum compressum
Acrospermum compressum Tode, Fung. mecklenb. sel. (Lüneburg) 1: 8 (1790).
Index Fungorum number: IF 140891; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11849 , Fig. 1
Description: see Hyde et al. (2013, 2018); Minter et al. (2007); Hudson et al. (2019).
Material considered: see Hyde et al. (2013, 2018); Minter et al. (2007); Hudson et al. (2019).
Fig. 1 Acrospermum spp. (a–i A. urticae, IT 3999, holotype). a–d Ascomata on host surface. e Ascoma in vertical section. f Peridium. g, h Asci. i Ascospores. (j–o A. longisporium, MFLU 17-2849, holotype). j Ascomata on host surface. k Section through ascomata. l Peridium. m Pseudoparaphyses. n Ascus. o Ascospore. Scale bars: a = 2000 μm, b, e, j = 500 μm, c, d = 300 μm, f, g, l = 100 μm, h = 20 μm, i = 40 μm, k = 200 μm, m–o = 50 μm.
Importance and distribution
Acrospermum is useful for pharmaceutical and food industry as there is evidence of unique polysaccharide containing mannofuranose from the cell wall of A. compressum (Prieto et al. 2007). There are 42 Acrospermum epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Ascocoryne, Cyanodermella, Glyphium, Holwaya, Hypocreopsis and Typhula. Acrospermum comprises 27 species known on Adenostyles alpina (Asteraceae), Aegopodium podagraria (Apiaceae), Agropyron sp. (Poaceae), Agrostis perennans (Poaceae), Alnus rugosa (Betulaceae), Aruncus dioicus (Rosaceae), Betula nigra (Betulaceae), Boehmeria cylindrica (Urticaceae), Brachypodium sylvaticum (Poaceae), Bromus sp. (Poaceae), Broussonetia papyrifera (Moraceae), Calamagrostis canadensis (Poaceae) amongst others. Acrospermum is reported from Asia (China, Pakistan, Russia), Europe (Austria, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom) and North America (Canada, The United States).
References
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