Pachysacca eucalypti
Pachysacca eucalypti Syd., Annls mycol. 28(5/6): 435 (1930).
Index Fungorum number: IF 812821; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00127, Fig. 1
Description: see Thambugala et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Thambugala et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Pachysacca eucalypti (K(M) 176511, holotype, re-illustrated from Fig.
22 in Thambugala et al. 2014). a, b Appearance of ascostromata on the host surface. c Section through ascostroma. d, e Asci. f Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 500 μm, c = 50 μm, d–f = 20 μm.
Importance and distribution
Pachysacca comprises three species saprobic on Eucalyptus and Melaleuca leaves (Myrtaceae) in Australia and New Zealand. Pachysacca seems to be host specific and fresh collection for the genus is needed.
References
Hawksworth DL, Kirk PM, Sutton BC, Pegler DN. 1995 – Ainsworth & Bisby’s dictionary of the fungi, 8th edn. CAB International, Wallingford.
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota–2009. Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences 1, 1–60.
Swart HJ. 1982 – Australian leaf-inhabiting fungi. XIV. The genus Pachysacca. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 79, 261–269.
Thambugala KM, Ariyawansa HA, Li YM, Boonmee S et al. 2014 – Dothideales. Fungal Diversity 68, 105–158.
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