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Cirsosina rhododendri

Cirsosina rhododendri Bat. & J.L. Bezerra, Revta Biol., Lisb. 2: 134 (1960).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 328312; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12165, Fig. 1

Description: see Wu et al. (2011a, b).

Material considered: see Wu et al. (2011a, b).

Fig. 1 Cirsosina rhododendri (holotype). a Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. b Squash mount of thyriothecium. c hyphae. d Section through thyriothecium. e–g Asci with ascospores. h, i Ascospores. Scale bars: a, b = 200 μm, c, e–g = 10 μm, d = 20 μm, h, i = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Cirsosina comprises two species known on Calamus (Acoraceae) and Rhododendron ponticum (Ericaceae) in Asia (Malaysia) and Europe (Netherlands).

 

References

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

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Al-Ani LKT, Tedersoo L et al. 2020 – Outline of Fungi and fungi like taxa. Mycosphere 11, 1060–1456.

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

Wu HX, Schoch CL, Boonmee S, Bahkali AH, Chomnunti P, Hyde KD. 2011b – A reappraisal of Microthyriaceae. Fungal Diversity 51, 189–248.

 

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