Meliolina cladotricha
Meliolina cladotricha (Lév.) Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 12(6): 553 (1914).
≡ Meliola cladotricha Lév., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 5: 266 (1846).
Index Fungorum number: IF 120177; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06891, Fig. 1
Description: see Hyde et al. (2013).
Material considered: see Hyde et al. (2013).
Fig. 1 Meliolina cladotricha (K(M) 176503). a Details of herbarium material. b Specimen. c Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. d Squash mount of ascoma. e Hyphae with dichotomously branched phialophores. f, g Asci. h–j Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 400 μm, d = 100 μm, e = 10 μm, f–j = 20 μm.
Importance and distribution
There 56 Meliolina epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Asteridiella, Cryptomeliola, Meliola and Trichodochium. Meliolina comprises 49 species, especially common on myrtaceous plants such as Syzygium gerrardii, Eugenia bulusanensis, Lophostemon suaveolens, Melaleuca sp., Tristania conferta, Metrosideros sp., Kunzea ericoides, Leptospermum scoparium and Lophostemon suaveolens. Meliolina is host-specific as each species occurs on a specific plant. Meliolina has been reported from Africa (Mauritius), Asia (China, India, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan), North America (Caribbean (Dominican Republic), the United States), Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea) and South America (Colombia).
References
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Hansford GC. 1946 – The foliicolous ascomycetes, their parasites and associated fungi. Mycological Papers 15, 1–240.
Hongsanan S, Tian Q, Peršoh D, Zeng XY, Hyde KD, Chomnunti P, Boonmee S, Bahkali AH, Wen TC. 2015 – Meliolales. Fungal Diversity 74, 91–141.
Hughes SJ. 1981– Mucronate hyphopodia of Meliolaceae are phialides. Canadian Journal of Botany 59, 1514–1517.
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Pirozynski KA. 1974 – Meliolina mollis and two hyperparasites in India. Kavaka 2, 33–41.
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