Teratosphaeria fibrillosa
Teratosphaeria fibrillosa Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 10(1): 40 (1912).
Index Fungorum number: IF 245140; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06990, Fig. 1
Description: see Crous et al. (2009b); Hyde et al. (2013).
Material examined: see Crous et al. (2009b); Hyde et al. (2013).
Fig. 1 Teratosphaeria fibrillosa (redrawn from Sydow and Sydow 1912). a Habit on leaves.b Cross section through the ascostromata. c Asci. d Ascospore.
Importance and distribution
There are 99 Teratosphaeria records in Index Fungorum (2022), but many have been transferred to other genera such as Acidomyces, Amycosphaerella, Austroafricana, Batcheloromyces, Mycosphaerella, Neodevriesia, Neotrimmatostroma, Parateratosphaeria, Readeriella, Suberoteratosphaeria and Xenoteratosphaeria. Teratosphaeria comprises 36 species known on nine different host plants in Amaryllidaceae and Myrtaceae. Teratosphaeria is reported from Australia and South Africa.
References
Sydow H, Sydow P. 1912 – Beschreibungen neuer südafrikanischer. Annales Mycologici 10, 33–45.
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