Chaetomastia hirtula
Chaetomastia hirtula (P. Karst.) Berl., Icon. fung. (Abellini) 1(1): 38 (1890).
≡ Sphaeria hirtula P. Karst., Fungi Fenniae Exsiccati, Fasc. 23: no. 825 (1869).
Index Fungorum number: IF 431495; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11739, Fig. 1
Description: see Zhang et al. (2012).
Material considered: see Zhang et al. (2012).
Fig. 1 Chaetomastia hirtula (H, FFE 825, kleptotype). a Superficial ascomata on the host substrate. b Peridium. c, d Asci. e–g Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 0.5 mm, b = 50 μm, c–g = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Chaetomastia comprises ten species known on Acer (Sapindaceae), Arbutus menziesii (Ericaceae), Artemisia campestris (Asteraceae), Echinochloa crus-galli (Poaceae), Equisetum hiemale (Equisetaceae), Fraxinus sp. (Oleaceae), old spines of Cereus (Cactaceae), Panicum virgatum (Poaceae), Phlox douglasii (Polemoniaceae), Phragmites communis (Poaceae), Phytolacca (Phytolaccaceae), Rhizophora apiculata (Rhizophoraceae), Salix (Salicaceae), Sambucus sp. (Adoxaceae), Trisetum sp. (Poaceae), Typha latifolia (Typhaceae) and Zea mays (Poaceae). Two species, Chaetomastia clavispora and C. typhicola have been transferred to Massariosphaeria and Aquimassariosphaeria respectively. Chaetomastia is distributed in Asia (India), Europe (Switzerland, United Kingdom.) and North America (Canada, the United States).
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