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Protoscypha pulla

Protoscypha pulla Syd., Annls mycol. 23(3/6): 403 (1925).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 275651; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07902, Fig. 1

Description: see Hyde et al. (2013).

Material considered: see Hyde et al. (2013).

Fig. 1 Protoscypha pulla (BPI663043, holotype, re-illustrated from Fig. 126 in Hongsanan et al. 2020b). a, b Appearance of ascostromata on host substrate. c Sections through ascostroma. d Pseudoparaphyses. e, f Asci. g, h Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 2 mm, c = 200 μm, d = 5 μm, e–h = 20 μm.

Importance and distribution

Protoscypha comprises two species. Protoscypha pulla is known on living leaves of Miconia thomasiana (Melastomataceae) in Central America (Costa Rica). Protoscypha subtropica was found on Bagnisiopsis species (Melastomataceae) in Caribbean (Dominican Republic) and South America (Ecuador).

 

Reference

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

 

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