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Brooksia tropicalis

Brooksia tropicalis Hansf., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 81(1): 33 (1956).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 293863; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03401, Fig. 1

Description: see Hyde et al. (2017).

Material considered: see Hyde et al. (2017).

Fig. 1  Brooksia tropicalis (IMI 60644(a), type). a Herbarium package and specimen. b Appearance of thyriothecium on host substrate. c Squash mount of thyriothecium. d, e Peridium. f, g Asci with ascospores. h, i Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 1000 μm, c, e = 50 μm, d, f, g = 10 μm, h, i = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Brooksia comprises only one species known on leaves of Syzygium sp. (Myrtaceae) in Oceania (Papua New Guinea).

 

Reference

Hyde KD, Norphanphoun C, Abreu VP, Bazzicalupo A et al. 2017 – Fungal diversity notes 603– 708: Taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on genera and species. Fungal Diversity 87, 1–235.

 

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