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Caribaeomyces tetrasporus

Caribaeomyces tetrasporus (Toro) Cif. [as 'tetraspora'], Atti Ist. bot. Univ. Lab. crittog. Pavia, sér. 5 19: 98 (1962).

≡ Calopeltis tetraspora Toro, Annls mycol. 32(1/2): 110 (1934).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 327524; Facesoffungi number: FoF11875 , Fig. 1

Description: see Wu et al. (2011).

Material considered: see Wu et al. (2011).

Fig. 1 Caribaeomyces tetrasporus (BPI 698559B, isotype). a Appearance of ascomata on the host surface. b Squash mount of ascomata (Note the radiating arranged cells of the thyriothecium) c Hyphopodia. d Section through ascoma. e Asci with ascospores. f Ascospores. Scale bars: a, b = 200 μm, c = 20 μm, d–f = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Caribaeomyces comprises only one species known on Symplocos theiformis (Symplocaceae) in Caribbean (Dominican Republic).

 

References

Ciferri R. Schedae mycologicae. 1962 – XXXV–XCVIII. Atti dell’Istituto Botanico della Università e Laboratorio Crittogamico di Pavia Serie 5, 19, 85–139.

Kirk P, Cannon P, Minter D, Stalpers JA. 2008 – Dictionary of the Fungi. 10th edn. CAB International, Wallingford.

Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota 2009. Myconet 14, 1–64.

Wu HX, Schoch CL, Boonmee S, Bahkali AH. 2011 – A reappraisal of Microthyriaceae. Fungal Diversity 51, 189–248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-011-0143-8

 

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