Balladynopsis philippinensis
Balladynopsis philippinensis Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 15(6): 476 (1918) [1917].
≡ Henningsomyces philippinensis Syd. & P. Syd., Philipp. J. Sci., C, Bot. 9(2): 161 (1914)
Index Fungorum number: IF 222867; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03666, Fig. 1
Description: see Boonmee et al. (2017).
Material considered: see Boonmee et al. (2017).
Fig. 1 Balladynopsis philippinensis (S-F10387, isotype). a, b Herbarium label and specimen. c Appearance of ascomata on leaf surface. d Section of ascoma with setae. e Peridium. f, g Close up of squash mount of ascoma with setae. h−j Asci. k−o Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 200 µm, d, h−j = 20 µm, e, g = 10 µm, f = 30 µm.
Importance and distribution
There are seventeen epithets under Balladynopsis in Index Fungorum (2022), but some species have been transferred to Balladyna. Species of Balladynopsis are distributed among five host plants in Bignoniaceae and Rubiaceae. They have a worldwide distribution especially in Africa (Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda), Oceania (Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu) and South America (Brazil, Venezuela).
Reference
Boonmee S, Phookamsak R, Hongsanan S, Doilom M et al. 2017 – Mycosphere notes 51–101. Revision of genera in Perisporiopsidaceae and Pseudoperisporiaceae and other Ascomycota genera incertae sedis. Mycosphere 8, 1695–1801.
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