Caatingomyces brasiliensis
Caatingomyces brasiliensis T.G.L. Oliveira, Souza-Motta, O.M.C. Magalh. & J.D.P. Bezerra., in Hyde et al., Fungal Diversity 96: 10 (2019).
Index Fungorum number: IF 827889; Facesoffungi number: FoF 05817, Fig. 1
Description: see Hyde et al. (2019).
Material examined: see Hyde et al. (2019).
Fig. 1 Caatingomyces brasiliensis (URM 91831, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 2 in Hyde et al. 2019). a Appearance of pycnidia on MEA. b, c Detail of pycnidial wall. d Conidiogenous cells and conidia. e Conidia. Scale bars: a = 50 µm, c–e = 10 µm.
Importance and distribution
Caatingomyces comprises only one species endophytic in branches of Poincianella pyramidalis (Fabaceae) in South America (Brazil).
References
Crous P, Shivas R, Wingfield M, Summerell B et al. 2012 – Fungal Planet description sheets: 128–153. Persoonia 29, 146–201.
Hyde KD, Tennakoon DS, Jeewon R, Bhat DJ et al. 2019 – Fungal diversity notes 1036–1150: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 96, 1–242.
Quaedvlieg W, Binder M, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA et al. 2014 – Introducing the consolidated species concept to resolve species in the Teratosphaeriaceae. Persoonia 33, 1–40.
Sutton BC. 1980 – The Coelomycetes: Fungi imperfecti with pycnidia, acervular and stromata. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey, England.
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