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Blastacervulus
Blastacervulus eucalypti
Blastacervulus eucalypti H.J. Swart, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 90(2): 289 (1988).
Index Fungorum number: IF 133297; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12104, Fig. 1
Description: see Giraldo et al. (2017).
Material considered: see Giraldo et al. (2017).
Fig. 1 Blastacervulus eucalypti (CBS 124759, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 6 in Giraldo et al. 2017). a Leaf spot. b Conidiogenous cells (arrow) and conidia from leaves. c Appearance of culture colony. d, e Conidia in chains. Scale bars: a = 1 cm, b, d, e = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Blastacervulus comprises four species known on leaves of Eucalyptus spp. and Metrosideros excelsa both within the family Myrtaceae. Blastacervulus is reported from Asia (Sri lanka), Australia and Oceania (New Zealand).
References
Cheewangkoon R, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA, Hyde KD et al. 2009 – Myrtaceae, a cache of fungal biodiversity. Persoonia 23, 55–85.
Giraldo A, Crous PW, Schumacher RK, Cheewangkoon R, GhobadNejhad M, Langer E. 2017 – The Genera of Fungi – G3: Aleurocystis, Blastacervulus, Clypeophysalospora, Licrostroma, Neohendersonia and Spumatoria. Mycological Progress 16, 325–348.
Guatimosim E, Firmino AL, Bezerra JL, Pereira OL, Barreto RW, Crous PW. 2015 − Towards a phylogenetic reappraisal of Parmulariaceae and Asterinaceae (Dothideomycetes). Persoonia 35, 230–241.
Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2020b − Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 105, 17–318.
Quaedvlieg W, Binder M, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA et al. 2014 – Introducing the consolidated species concept to resolve species in the Teratosphaeriaceae. Persoonia 33, 1–40.
Swart HJ. 1988 – Australian leaf-inhabiting fungil. XXIX. Some ascomycetes on Banksia. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 91, 453–465.
Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Wanasinghe DN, Papizadeh M et al. 2016 – Taxonomy and phylogeny of dematiaceous coelomycetes. Fungal Diversity 77, 1–316.
