Pycnocarpon magnificum
Pycnocarpon magnificum (Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler) Theiss., Abh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 7(3): 31 (1913).
≡ Asterina magnifca Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler, Annls mycol. 9(4): 391 (1911).
Index Fungorum number: IF 180663; Facesoffungi number: FoF 04617, Fig. 1
Description: see Doilom et al. (2018).
Material considered: see Doilom et al. (2018).
Fig. 1 Pycnocarpon magnifcum (S-F46351, holotype). a Details of herbarium material. b Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. c Squash mount of thyriothecium. d Mycelium. e Immature asci. f Ascospore. Scale bars: c = 200 μm, d, f = 20 μm, e = 100 μm.
Importance and distribution
Pycnocarpon comprises four species known on Garcinia dulcis (Clusiaceae), Hopea plagata (Dipterocarpaceae), Parashorea malaanonan (Dipterocarpaceae), Parinari corymbosum (Chrysobalanaceae) and Terminalia sp. (Combretaceae) in Asia (Myanmar, Philippines).
References
Doilom M, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Dai DQ et al. 2018 – Mycosphere Notes 225–274: types and other specimens of some genera of Ascomycota. Mycosphere 9, 647–754.
Hongsanan, S., Hyde, K.D., Phookamsak, R., Wanasinghe DN et al. 2020 – Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 105, 17–318. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-020-00462-6
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota 2009. Myconet 14, 1–64.
Sydow H, Sydow P, Butler E. 1911 – Fungi indiae orientalis II. Microthyriaceae. Annales Mycologici 9, 389–392.
Theissen F. 1913a – Die Gattung Asterina in systematischer Darstellung. Abhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft Wien 7, 1–130.
Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Lumbsch HT, Liu JK et al. 2018 – Outline of Ascomycota: 2017. Fungal Diversity 88, 167–263.
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