Strigopodia piceae
Strigopodia piceae Bat., in Batista, Maia & Vital, Anais Soc. Biol. Pernambuco 15(2): 440 (1957).
Index Fungorum number: IF 306548; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11059, Fig. 1
Description: see Hughes (1968); Chomnunti et al. (2014).
Material examined: see Hughes (1968); Chomnunti et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Strigopodia piceae (BPI 618549). a Details of herbarium material. b Specimen. c Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. d Section through ascoma. e Peridium. f Pseudoparaphyses. g–i Asci. j–n Ascospores. o Conidia and short conidiogenous cell. p–s Conidia. Scale bars: c = 200 μm, d = 50 μm, e, j–n = 20 μm, f = 10 μm, g–i, o–s = 30 μm.
Importance and distribution
Species of Strigopodia are sooty moulds and coat the surface of fruits and leaves with black mycelia which reduce the photosynthetic rates of plants and may be of quarantine significance since it forms on the surface of economically important crops (Chomnunti et al. 2014). Strigopodia comprises four species known on bark of Picea rubra (Pinaceae), on Libocedrus decurrens (Cupressaceae), resin and bark of Larix, Abies (Pinaceae) and Pseudotsuga taxifolia (Pinaceae). Strigopodia is reported from Europe (Italy) and North America (British Columbia, the United States).
References
Barr ME. 1987 – New taxa and combinations in the loculoascomycetes. Mycotaxon 29, 501–505.
Hughes SJ. 1968 – Strigopodia. Canadian Journal of Botany 46(9), 1099–1107.
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