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Halbania cyathearum

Halbania cyathearum Racib., Crypt. Par. Java: no. 89 (1889).

 Index Fungorum number: IF 234918; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11859, Fig. 1

Description: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).

Material considered: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).

Fig. 1 Halbania cyathearum (S-F64743, modified from Fig. 15 in Hongsanan et al. 2014). a, b Herbarium material. c Appearance of thyriothecia on the lower leaf surface. d Squash mount of thyriothecium. e Vertical section of the thyriothecium showing vertical arrangement of asci. f−h Asci. i−l Immature Ascospores. Scale bars: c, d = 200 µm, e = 50 µm, f−h = 30 µm, i−l = 20 µm.

Importance and distribution

Halbania comprises three species known on Cryptomeria japonica (Cupressaceae), Cyathea glabra (Cyatheaceae), Juniperus chinensis (Cupressaceae) and Thujopsis dolabrata (Cupressaceae) in Asia (India, Indonesia, Japan and Malaysia).

 

Reference

Hongsanan S, Li YM, Liu JK, Hofmann T et al. 2014 – Revision of genera in Asterinales. Fungal Diversity 68(1), 1–68. Doi 10.1007/s13225-014-0307-4

 

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