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Actinomyxa australiensis

Actinomyxa australiensis Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 15(1/2): 146 (1917).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 234022; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12122, Fig. 1

Description: see Sydow and sydow (1917).

Material considered: see Sydow and sydow (1917).

Fig. 1  Actinomyxa australiensis (S F12590, holotype). a, b Appearance of ascomata on lower surface of leaf. c Squash mount of ascoma. d Section through ascoma. e Ascus f, g Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 500 μm, c = 20 μm, d = 100 μm, e–g = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Actinomyxa comprises only one species known on leaves of Lasiopetalum ferrugineum var. cordatum (Malvaceae) in Australia (New South Wales).

 

References

Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota 2009. Myconet 14, 1–64.

Sydow H, Sydow P. 1917 – Novae fungorum species -XV. Annales Mycologici 15, 143–148.

Wijayawardene NN, Crous PW, Kirk PM, Hawksworth DL et al. 2014 – Naming and outline of Dothideomycetes–2014 including proposals for the protection or suppression of generic names. Fungal Diversity 69, 1–55.

Wu HX, Hyde KD, Chen H. 2011 – Studies on Microthyriaceae: placement of Actinomyxa, Asteritea, Cirsosina, Polystomellina and Stegothyrium. Cryptogamie Mycologie 32, 3–12.

 

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