Asterolibertia couepiae
Asterolibertia couepiae (Henn.) G. Arnaud, Annals d'École National d'Agric. de Montpellier, Série 2 16(1-4): 165 (1918) [1917].
≡ Asterina couepiae Henn., Hedwigia 34: 104 (1895).
Index Fungorum number: IF 550714; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00230, Fig. 1
Description: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Asterina couepiae (SF7786, isotype, modified from Fig. 7 in Hongsanan et al. 2014). a, b Herbarium label and specimen. c Appearance of thyriothecia on leaf surface. d Squash mount of thyriothecium showing ostiole. e Upper cell wall. f Hyphopodia. g−i Asci. j−m Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 500 µm, d, e = 50 µm, f, g−i = 30 µm, j−m = 10 µm.
Importance and distribution
There are forty-three epithets of Asterolibertia in Index Fungorum (2022), but some are synonymized under Asterina. All synonymy was based only on morphological study. Asterolibertia comprises thirty-five species. Asterolibertia species are visible as black spots surrounded by mycelia on surface of the hosts. Asterolibertia are distributed among thirty-two hosts plants in Achariaceae, Anacardiaceae, Annonaceae, Arecaceae, Bromeliaceae, Bignoniaceae, Burseraceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Ebenaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Lauraceae, Malpighiaceae, Melastomataceae, Myrtaceae, Poaceae, Polygalaceae, Rubiaceae and Styracaceae. Asterolibertia are recorded from Asia (India, Taiwan, Indonesia (Java, Philippines)), Australia (Queensland), North America (Caribbean (Grenada)), South Africa and South America (Brazil, Peru).
References
Firmino AL, Inácio CA, Pereira OL, Dianese JC. 2016 – Additions to the genera Asterolibertia and Cirsosia (Asterinaceae, Asterinales), with particular reference to species from the Brazilian Cerrado. IMA Fungus 7, 9–28.
Hongsanan S, Li YM, Liu JK, Hofmann T et al. 2014–Revision of genera in Asterinales. Fungal Diversity 68, 1–68.
Recent News
Recent paper to be publishedRecent Genus
NeomedicopsisBoeremia
Gangamyces
Recent Species
Leveillina arduinaeEuryachora sedi
Didymellina iridis
