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Acrogenotheca pulcherrima

Acrogenotheca pulcherrima Bat. & Cif., Saccardoa 2: 52 (1963).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 325806; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12107, Fig. 1

Description: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).

Material considered: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).

Fig. 1 Acrogenotheca pulcherrima (URM 11037! modified from Hongsanan et al. 2014). a Herbarium label. b Specimen. c Cells of upper wall of thyriothecia. d, e Intercalary or sometimes terminal pycnidia. f, g Asci. h, i Ascospores. j, k Conidia. Scale bars: d–g = 20 μm, h, i = 10 μm, j, k = 100 μm.

Importance and distribution

Acrogenotheca comprises three species with a wide host range. Acrogenotheca elegans (Capnodiaceae) is known from Ackama rosifolia (Cunoniaceae), Aristotelia fruticosa (Elaeocarpaceae), Beilschmiedia tarairi (Lauraceae), Brachyglottis repanda (Asteraceae), Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae), Coprosma lucida (Rubiaceae), Corynocarpus laevigatus (Corynocarpaceae), Cyathodes fasciculata (Epacridaceae), Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (Podocarpaceae), Dracophyllum longifolium (Ericaceae), Ilex sp. (Aquifoliaceae), Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Sabal glaucescens (Arecaceae), Smilax sp. (Smilacaceae) and Vitis vulpina (Vitaceae) in Oceania (New Zealand, Papua New Guinea) and the United States (South Carolina, West Indies).

 

Reference

Hongsanan S, Bahkali AH, McKenzie EHC, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD. 2014a – Trichopeltinaceae (Dothideomycetes), an earlier name for Brefeldiellaceae, with a new species of Trichopeltina. Phytotaxa 176, 270–282.

 

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