Dothideomycetes families incertae sedis » Cleistosphaeraceae » Cleistosphaera

Cleistosphaera macrostegia

Cleistosphaera macrostegia Syd. & P. Syd. [as 'macrostegiae'], Annls mycol. 14(1/2): 75 (1916).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 161307; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03670, Fig. 1

Description: see Boonmee et al. (2017).

Material considered: see Boonmee et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Cleistosphaera macrostegia (S-F10853, holotype). a, b Herbarium label. c Specimen. d Appearance of ascomata on leaf surface. e Section through ascoma. f Peridium. g Pseudoparaphyses. h Hyphopodia. i–l Asci with ascospores. m–r Ascospores. Scale bars: d = 500 μm, e = 100 μm, f, h, i–l = 40 μm, g, m–r = 10 μm.

 

Importance and distribution

Cleistosphaera comprises only one species known on leaves of Piptadenia (Fabaceae) in South America (Brazil).

 

Reference

Boonmee S, Phookamsak R, Hongsanan S, Doilom M et al. 2017 – Mycosphere notes 51–101. Revision of genera in Perisporiopsidaceae and Pseudoperisporiaceae and other Ascomycota genera incertae sedis. Mycosphere 8, 1695–1801.

 

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