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Neoscytalidium dimidiatum

Neoscytalidium dimidiatum (Penz.) Crous & Slippers, in Crous, Slippers, Wingfield, Rheeder, Marasas, Phillips, Alves, Burgess, Barber & Groenewald, Stud. Mycol. 55: 244 (2006).

≡ Torula dimidiata Penz., in Saccardo, Michelia 2(no. 8): 466 (1887).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 500869; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11892 , Fig. 1

Description: see Crous et al. (2006).

Material considered: see Crous et al. (2006).

Fig. 1 Neoscytalidium dimidiatum (CBS 312.90; re-drawn from Fig. 9 in Crous et al. 2006). a Conidia. b Conidiogenous cells of coelomycete synanamorph. c Conidia of coelomycete synanamorph (arrows denote sheath). Scale bars: a–d = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Neoscytalidium comprises three species known from Fabaceae. Neoscytalidium is reported from Asia (Thailand) and Australia.

 

References

Crous PW, Slippers B, Wingfeld MJ, Rheeder J et al. 2006 – Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriaceae. Studies in Mycology 55, 235–253.

Madrida H, Ruíz-Cendoyaa M, Canoa J, Stchigel A, Orofnob R, Guarroa J. 2009 – Genotyping and in vitro antifungal susceptibility of Neoscytalidium dimidiatum isolates from different origins. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 34, 351–354.

 

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