Coniozyma leucospermi
Coniozyma leucospermi (Crous & Denman) Crous, in Marincowitz et al., CBS Diversity Ser. (Utrecht) 7: 97 (2008).
≡ Coniothyrium leucospermi Crous & Denman, in Swart et al., S. Afr. J. Bot. 64(2): 139 (1998).
Index Fungorum number: IF 506250; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11110, Fig. 1
Description: see Swart et al. (1998); Marincowitz et al. (2008).
Material examined: see Swart et al. (1998); Marincowitz et al. (2008).
Fig. 1 Coniozyma leucospermi (PREM 56611, holotype, re-drawn from Figs. 2, 6, 8 in Taylor and Crous 2001). a Conidiomata. b Section through conidioma. c Conidiogenous cells showing annellations (arrowed). d Conidia. Scale bars: a, b, d = 10 μm, c = 30 μm
Importance and distribution
Coniozyma comprises only one species causing amphigenous leaf spots on Leucospermum conocarpodendron (Proteaceae) in Cape Province, South Africa.
References
Marincowitz S, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Wingfield MJ. 2008 − Microfungi occurring on Proteaceae in the fynbos. CBS Biodiversity Series 7, 1−166.
Swart L, Crous PW, Denman S, Palm ME. 1998 − Fungi occurring on Proteaceae. I. South African Journal of Botany 64, 137–145. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30848-6
Taylor J, Crous P. 2001 − Morphological variation and cultural characteristics of Coniothyrium leucospermi associated with leaf spots of Proteaceae. Mycoscience 42, 265–271. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02463918
Recent News
Recent paper to be publishedRecent Genus
NothocladosporiumPhillipsiella
Ampelomyces
Recent Species
Nothocladosporium syzygiiPhillipsiella atra
Curreya conorum
