Placocrea pulchella
Placocrea pulchella Syd., Annls mycol. 37(4/5): 380 (1939).
Index Fungorum number: IF 275600; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03717, Fig. 1
Description: see Boonmee et al. (2017).
Material considered: see Boonmee et al. (2017).
Fig. 1 Placocrea pulchella (S-F44505, syntype, modified from Fig. 95 in Boonmee et al. 2017). a Herbarium specimen. b Appearance of ascostromata on host surface. c Section of ascostroma. d Peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f, g Asci. h, i Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 2 mm, c = 100 μm, d, f, g, h = 20 μm, e = 10 μm, i, j = 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
Placocrea comprises only one species parasitic on leaves of Sarcorhachis sydowii (Piperaceae) in South America (Ecuador).
References
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