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Verrucocladosporium dirinae

Verrucocladosporium dirinae K. Schub., Aptroot & Crous, in Crous et al., Stud. Mycol. 58: 41 (2007).

 Index Fungorum number: IF 504433; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11098, Fig. 1

            Description: see Crous at al. (2007).

Material examined: see Crous at al. (2007).

Fig. 1 Verrucocladosporium dirinae (CBS H-19824, redrawn from Crous et al. 2007). a, b Conidial chains. c, d Ramoconidia and conidia. Scale bars: a−d = 10 µm.

Importance and distribution

Verrucocladosporium comprises three species known on three host plants and two plant families namely Aizoaceae and Roccellaceae. They are lichenicolous and may play a role in nutrient recycling in the ecosystem or live on the host as host-specific parasites (Hawksworth 2003). Verrucocladosporium is reported from Europe (Spain, United Kingdom) and South Africa.

 

References

Crous PW, Braun U, Schubert K, Groenewald JZ. 2007 – Delimiting Cladosporium from morphologically similar genera. Studies in Mycology 58, 33–56. 

Hawksworth D. 2003 – The lichenicolous fungi of Great Britain and Ireland: An overview and annotated checklist. The Lichenologist 35, 191–232.

 

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