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Muellerites juniperi

Muellerites juniperi (E. Müll. & Arx) L. Holm, Svensk bot. Tidskr. 62: 231 (1968).

            ≡ Gibberidea juniperi E. Müll. & Arx, Phytopath. Z. 24: 359 (1955).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 334540; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11103,    Fig. 1

Description: see Dai et al. (2014); Crous et al. (2018).

Material considered: see Dai et al. (2014); Crous et al. (2018).

Fig. 1 Muellerites juniperi (ZT Myc 49038! holotype). a Herbarium material. b Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. c Section through ascoma. d Peridium. e–g Asci. h–k Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 500 μm, c = 50 μm, d–g = 10 μm, h–k = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Muellerites comprises only one species. M. juniperi reported on leaves of Juniperus nana (Cupressaceae) in Europe (Switzerland).

 

References

Crous PW, Luangsa-Ard JJ, Wingfield MJ, Carnegie AJ et al. 2018 – Fungal Planet description sheets: 785–867. Persoonia 41, 238–417.

Dai DQ, Bahkali AH, Bhat DJ, Xiao YP, et al. 2014 – Towards a natural classification of Dothideomycetes 3: The genera Muellerites, Trematosphaeriopsis, Vizellopsis and Yoshinagella (Dothideomycetes incertae sedis). Phytotaxa 176, 18–27.

Senwanna C, Wanasinghe DN, Bulgakov TS, Wang Y et al. – Towards a natural classification of Dothidotthia and Thyrostroma in Dothidotthiaceae (Pleosporineae, Pleosporales). Mycosphere 10, 701–738.

 

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