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Melomastia friesii

Melomastia friesii Nitschke, in Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 25-26: 306 (1871).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 205357; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11921 , Fig. 1

Description: see Norphanphoun et al. (2017).

Material considered: see Norphanphoun et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Melomastia italica (MFLU 15-0228). a Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. b Section through ascomata. c Peridium. d Ostiole. e Pseudoparaphyses. f, g Asci. h, i Ascospores (i: stained in Indian ink to show surrounding sheath). Scale bars: a = 2 mm, b = 400 μm, c = 50 μm, d = 100 μm, e–g = 30 μm, h, i = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

There are 31 Melomastia epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Lophiostoma and Zignoella. Melomastia comprises 24 species known on a wide range of plants such as Aquilegia kareliniana (Ranunculaceae), Calamus (Acoraceae), Calligonum junceum (Polygonaceae), Clematis sikkimensis (Ranunculaceae), Ephedra (Ephedraceae), Haloxylon aphyllum (Amaranthaceae), Malus turkmenorum (Rosaceae), Salix martiana (Salicaceae), Sophora macrocarpa (Fabaceae), and Sorghum vulgare (Poaceae). Melomastia is reported from Africa (French Equatorial Africa), Central Asia (Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Philippines), Europe (Italy) and South America (Brazil, Chile).

 

References

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Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2015 – Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 72, 199–301. 

Norphanphoun C, Jeewon R, Mckenzie EHC, Wen TC, Camporesi E, Hyde KD. 2017 – Taxonomic position of Melomastia italica sp. nov. and phylogenetic reappraised of Dyfrolomycetales. Cryptogamie Mycologie 384, 507–525.

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