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Brefeldiella brasiliensis

Brefeldiella brasiliensis Speg., Boln Acad. nac. Cienc. Córdoba 11(4): 558 (1889).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 230084; Facesoffungi  number: FoF 12108, Fig. 1, 2

Description: see Hyde et al. (2013); Hongsanan et al. (2014).

Material considered: see Hyde et al. (2013); Hongsanan et al. (2014).

Fig. 1 Brefeldiella brasiliensis (no 2356, 1888, holotype). a, b Appearance of thallus on substrate. c Squash mount of thallus. d Arrangement of cells of thallus. Scale bars: c–d =100 μm.

Fig. 2 Brefeldiella brasiliensis (redrawn from Spegazzini’s drawing on the herbarium packet at http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/spegazzini/eng/001400a_.htm. a Structure of thallus. b Asci. c Ascospores. Scale bars = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Brefeldiella comprises four species known on living leaves of (Bambusaceae), Villaresia mucronata (Cardiopteridaceae), Myrceugenia fernandeziana (Myrtaceae) and Olearia argophylla (Asteraceae). Brefeldiella is reported from Australia (Victoria) and South America (Brazil, Chile, Juan Fernández Island).

 

References

Eriksson OE.1981 – The families of bitunicate ascomycetes. Nordic Journal of Botany 1, 800.

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

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

 

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