Morenoina antarctica
Morenoina antarctica (Speg.) Theiss., Annls mycol. 11(5): 434 (1913).
≡ Morenoella antarctica Speg., Boln Acad. nac. Cienc. Córdoba 11(2): 240 (1887) [1888].
Index Fungorum number: IF 174884; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07613, Fig. 1
Description: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Morenoina antarctica (IMI 349680, epitype). a, b Herbarium material. c Appearance of thyriothecia on the stem. d Squash mount of thyriothecium. e−g Asci. h−m Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 300 µm, d = 100 µm, e−g, i−m = 10 µm, h = 5 µm.
Importance and distribution
There are 28 Morenoina epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but some have been transferred to Echidnodella and Echidnodes. Morenoina comprises 26 species known on twenty-eight host plants in Acoraceae, Araliaceae, Arecaceae, Cupressaceae, Cyperaceae, Dennstaedtiaceae, Dracaenaceae, Ericaceae, Garryaceae, Juncaceae, Lauraceae, Malpighiaceae, Myrtaceae, Poaceae, Rosaceae, Selaginellaceae and Zingiberaceae. Morenoina has been reported from Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Uganda), Asia (Pakistan, Thailand), Australia (Queensland), Europe (Portugal, United Kingdom), South America (Brazil, Argentina) and the United States (California, Texas).
References
Ellis JP. 1980 – The genus Morenoina in Britain. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 74(1–3), 304.
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
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