Bondiella palmicola
Bondiella palmicola Piroz., Mycol. Pap. 129: 6 (1972).
Index Fungorum number: IF 309834; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07874, Fig. 1
Description: see Pirozynski (1972) and Hyde et al. (2013).
Material considered: see Pirozynski (1972) and Hyde et al. (2013).
Fig. 1 Bondiella palmicola (IMI 105789c, holotype). a Ascomata semi-immersed on host. b Vertical section of ascoma. c Ostiolar canal with hyaline periphyses. d Peridium. e–g Asci. h–j Ascospores (stained in Indian ink to show mucilaginous sheath). Scale bars: b = 100 μm, c, e–g = 50 μm, d, h–j = 20 μm.
Importance and distribution
Bondiella comprises only one species known on fallen fronds of Elaeis guineensis (Arecaceae) in Africa (Tanzania).
References
Barr ME. 1987– Prodomus to class Loculoascomycetes. Publ. by theauthor, Amherst.
Hyde KD. 1996 – Fungi from palms. XXIV. The genus Bondiella. Mycotaxon 57, 347–352.
Pirozynski KA. 1972 – Microfungi of Tanzania. I. Miscellaneous fungi on oil palm. II. New hyphomycetes. Mycological Papers 12, 1–64.
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