Fumagospora capnodioides
Fumagospora capnodioides G. Arnaud, Annals d'École National d'Agric. de Montpellier, Série 2 10(4): 326 (1911).
Index Fungorum number: IF 212995; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11071, Fig. 32
Description: see Khodaparast et al. (2015).
Material considered: see Khodaparast et al. (2015).
Fig. 32 Fumagospora capnodioides (re-drawn from Fig. 6 in Khodaparast et al. 2015). a Conidia. b Branched pycnidium. Scale bars: a = 20 μm, b = 100 μm.
Importance and distribution
Fumagospora species are sooty moulds that form dark pigmented hyphae, with mucilaginous outer walls on the plant surface interfering with photosynthesis (Khodaparast et al. 2015). Fumagospora comprises four species known on Bursaria spinosa (Pittosporaceae) and Tabebuia impetiginosa (Bignoniaceae). Fumagospora is reported from Asia (Indonesia) and South America (Brazil).
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