Dothideomycetes » Alinaceae

Alina

Alina Racib., Bull. int. Acad. Sci. Lett. Cracovie, Cl. sci. math. nat. Sér. B, sci. nat. 3: 374 (1909)

Index Fungorum number: IF 125; Faceoffungi number: FoF 03661, 1 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 1 species with molecular data

Parasitic or epiphytic on living leaves. Sexual morph: Ascomata superficial, developed on hyphae, globose to subglobose, brown, covered by brown hyphae. Peridium comprises brown cells of textura angularis, lacking pseudoparaphyses. Asci 8-spored, bitunicate, subglobose to clavate, sessile, thick-walled. Ascospores overlapping ovoid to obovoid, apex wider, narrower towards the lower and rounded end, brown, 1-septate. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous, Septoidium sp., Shivomyces sp. (Boonmee et al. 2017).

 

Type species: Alina jasmini Racib.

 

Notes: Alina was introduced by Raciborski (1909) with A. jasmini as the type species. Alina is unique in having superficial mycelium with hyphopodia-like structures, and relatively small ascomata formed on hyphae, containing 1 to 2 asci.

 

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