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Byssogene amboinensis

Byssogene amboinensis Syd., Philipp. J. Sci. 21(2): 144 (1922).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 256619; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12146, Fig. 1

Description: see da Silva et al. (2016).

Material considered: see da Silva et al. (2016).

Fig. 1 Byssogene wilsoniae (VIC 31808, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 3 in da Silva et al. 2016). a Ascoma surrounded by a net-forming external mycelium. b Ascus. c Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 100 μm, b = 20 μm, c = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Byssogene comprises two species. Byssogene amboinensis is reported from Eugenia sp. (Myrtaceae) in Asia (Indonesia (Ambon Islands)) while B. wilsoniae was found from Dimorphandra wilsonii (Fabaceae) in South America (Brazil).

 

Reference

Da Silva M, Pinho DB, Pereira OL, Fernandes FM, Barreto RW. 2016 – Naming potentially endangered parasites: foliicolous mycobiota of Dimorphandra wilsonii, a highly threatened Brazilian tree species. PLoS ONE 11 (2), e0147895.

 

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