Lembosia tenella
Lembosia tenella Lév., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 3: 58 (1845).
Index Fungorum number: IF 243432; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11868, Fig. 1
Description: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Lembosia tenella (PC 0084484, modified from Fig. 17 in Hongsanan et al. 2014). a, c Appearance of thyriothecia on the host surface. b Squash mount of thyriothecium showing longitudinal fissure. d Vertical section through thyriothecium stained in lactophenol cotton blue. e, f Asci in Melzer’s reagent. g–j Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 500 µm, c = 100 µm, d = 50 µm, e, f–j = 10 µm.
Importance and distribution
There are 211 records of Lembosia in Index Fungorum (2022), but many have been transferred to Cirsosia, Echidnodella, Echidnodes, Hysterostomella, Lembosina, Lembosiopsis, Leveillella, Macowaniella, Morenoina, Morqueria, Prillieuxina, Pseudolembosia, Rhagadolobium, Rhipidocarpon, Trichamelia and Viegasia. Lembosia comprises 160 species known on hosts in Annonaceae, Araucariaceae, Asparagaceae, Combretaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Ebenaceae, Lauraceae and Melastomataceae. Lembosia has been reported from Africa (Ivory Coast), Asia (India (Kerala), Philippines), Australia (New South Wales, Norfolk Islands), North America (Caribbean (Dominican Republic, The United States), South America (Brazil, Paraguay) and many more.
References
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
Hosagoudar VB. 1991 – Ascospore germination in meliolaceous fungi. Nova Hedwigia 52, 81–87.
Hosagoudar VB. 2012 – Asterinales of India. Mycosphere 2, 617–852.
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