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Gangamyces miliusae

Gangamyces miliusae Hosag. & Archana, in Hosagoudar, Mycosphere 3['2'](5): 778 (2012).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 801000; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13904, Fig. 1

Description: see Marasinghe et al. (2023).

Material considered: see Marasinghe et al. (2023).

Figure 1 Gangamyces miliusae (HCIO 44215, holotype). a Superficial hyphae

with opposite appressoria and stellate lumen (black arrows). b Thyriothecium. c Ascus. d Germinating pycnothyriospore. e Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 20 µm, c−e = 10 µm.

 

Importance and distribution

Gangamyces comprises two species occurring on leaves of Miliusa tomentosa (Annonaceae) and Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae) in India.

 

Reference

Marasinghe DS, Hongsanan S, Zeng XY, Jones EBG et al. 2023 – Taxonomic monograph of epifoliar fungi. Fungal Diversity 121, 139–334.

 

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