Phyllachorella micheliae
Phyllachorella micheliae Syd., Annls mycol. 12(5): 489 (1914).
Index Fungorum number: IF 239498; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11904, Fig. 1
Description: see Liu et al. (2012).
Material considered: see Liu et al. (2012).
Fig. 1 Phyllachorella micheliae (SF5795, holotype). a Appearance of ascostromata on the host substrate. b Section through ascostroma. c Peridium. d, e Asci stained in cotton blue reagent. f–i Ascospores stained in cotton blue reagent. Scale bars: b, c = 100 μm, d–i = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
There are eight Phyllachorella epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but six species have been transferred to Haloguignardia, Phyllachora, Phyllosticta, Rikatlia and Vestergrenia. Phyllachorella comprises two species known on leaves of Michelia sp. (Magnoliaceae) in Asia (India, Taiwan) and on leaves of Schistocarpha hoffmannii (Asteraceae) in Asia (Taiwan) and Central America (Costa Rica).
References
Kar AK, Maity MK. 1971 – Leaf-Inhabiting Pyrenomycetes of West Bengal (India). Mycologia 63, 1024–1029.
Liu JK, Phookamsak R, Doilom M, Wikee S et al. 2012 – Towards a natural classification of Botryosphaeriales. Fungal Diversity 57, 149–210.
Sydow H. 1914 – Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Pilzflora des südlichen Ostindiens - II. Annales Mycologici 12, 484–490.
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