Cophinforma eucalypti
Cophinforma eucalypti Doilom, Jian K. Liu & K.D. Hyde, in Liu et al., Fungal Diversity 57(1): 174 (2012).
Index Fungorum number: IF 801316; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11887, Fig. 1
Description: see Liu et al. (2012).
Material considered: see Liu et al. (2012).
Fig. 1 Cophinforma eucalypti (MFLU 12–0752, holotype). a, b Herbarium material. c Appearance of ascostromata on substrate. d Vertical section through ascostromata. e−h Asci. i−n Ascospores. Scale bars: a, c = 200 µm, b = 500 µm, d = 100 µm, e−h = 50 µm, i−n = 10 µm.
Importance and distribution
Cophinforma causes witches' brooms characterised by deformity in a woody plant (Purdy and Schmidt 1996). Cophinforma comprises two species known from Pterocarpus angolensis and Sophora chrysophylla (Fabaceae). They are reported from South Africa and The United States (Hawaii).
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