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Meliolaster clavisporus

Meliolaster clavisporus (Pat.) Höhn., Ber. dt. bot. Ges. 35(10): 701 (1918).

≡ Meliola clavispora Pat., J. Bot., Paris 4: 61 (1890).

 Index Fungorum number: IF 431799; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11860, Fig. 1

 Description: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).

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

Fig. 1 Meliolaster clavisporus (FH 258798, holotype). a Herbarium material. b, c Appearance of thallus on host surface. d Squash mount of thyriothecium. e Appressoria. f Arrangement of upper wall cells. g, h Asci. i, j Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 200 µm, d = 100 µm, e, f = 10 µm, g−j = 20 µm.

Importance and distribution

Meliolaster comprises two species known on one host plant in Phyllanthaceae and is reported from Asia (India (Kerala)).

 

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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