Asterotexis cucurbitacearum
Asterotexis cucurbitacearum (Rehm) Arx [as 'cucurbitarum'], Fungus, Wageningen 28: 6 (1958).
≡ Dothidella cucurbitacearum Rehm, Hedwigia 36(6): 376 (1897).
Index Fungorum number: IF 118911; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07608, Fig. 1
Description: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Asterotexis cucurbitacearum (S-F7565, holotype, modified from Fig. 11 in Hongsanan et al. 2014). a, b Herbarium specimen. c Section of thyriothecia on leaf surface (redrawn from von Arx and Müller 1975). d Squash mount of thyriothecium showing upper cell wall. e Pseudoparaphyses. f−h Asci. i−m Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 1000 µm, b = 100 µm, c, d = 20 µm, e, f−h = 10 µm, i−m = 5 µm.
Importance and distribution
Asterotexis comprises only two species known on Sechium edule (Cucurbitaceae) and Quercus glauca (Fagaceae) from Asia (Nepal) and South America (Brazil).
References
Guatimosim E, Firmino AL, Bezerra JL, Pereira OL, Barreto RW, Crous PW. 2015 – Towards a phylogenetic reappraisal of Parmulariaceae and Asterinaceae (Dothideomycetes). Persoonia 35, 230–241. https://doi.org/10.3767/003158515X688046
Guerrero Y, Hofmann TA, Williams C, Thines M, Piepenbring M. 2011 – Asterotexis cucurbitacearum, a poorly known pathogen of Cucurbitaceae new to Costa Rica, Grenada and Panama. Mycology 2, 87–90.
Hongsanan S, Li YM, Liu JK, Hofmann T et al. 2014 – Revision of genera in Asterinales. Fungal Diversity 68, 1–68. Doi 10.1007/s13225-014-0307-4
Liu JK, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Phillips AJ, Maharachchikumbura SS, Ryberg M, Liu ZY, Zhao Q. 2017 – Ranking higher taxa using divergence times: a case study in Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 84, 75–99.
von Arx JA, Müller E. 1975 – A re-evaluation of the bitunicate Ascomycetes with keys to families and genera. Studies in Mycology 9, 1–159.
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