Lepidosphaeria nicotiae
Lepidosphaeria nicotiae Parg.-Leduc, Pubbl. Staz. Zool. Napoli, I 270: 2786 (1970).
Index Fungorum number: IF 316487; Facesoffungi number: FoF 04644, Fig. 1
Description: see Doilom et al. (2018).
Material considered: see Doilom et al. (2018).
Fig. 1 Lepidosphaeria nicotiae (IMI 176735, holotype). a Herbarium label. b Appearance of ascomata on dry culture. c Vertical section of ascoma. d Peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses and ascospores. f, g Asci. h–l Ascospores. Scale bars: b, c = 200 μm, d = 50 μm, e = 5 μm, f, g = 20 μm, h–l = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Lepidosphaeria comprises only one species known from sandy soil in Africa (Algeria).
References
Doilom M, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Dai DQ et al. 2018 – Mycosphere Notes 225–274: types and other specimens of some genera of Ascomycota. Mycosphere 9, 647–754.
Schoch CL, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Boehm EWA et al. 2009 – A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes. Studies in Mycology 64, 1–15.
Wanasinghe DN, Jeewon R, Tibpromma S, Jones EBG, Hyde KD 2017 – Saprobic Dothideomycetes in Thailand: Muritestudina gen. et sp. nov. (Testudinaceae) a new terrestrial pleosporalean ascomycete, with hyaline and muriform ascospores. Studies in Fungi 2, 219234.
Zhang Y, Schoch CL, Fournier J, Crous PW et al. 2009 – Multi-locus phylogeny of the Pleosporales: a taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary reevaluation. Studies in Mycology 64, 85–102.
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