Dactuliophora tarrii
Dactuliophora tarrii C.L. Leakey, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 47(3): 343 (1964).
Index Fungorum number: IF 329605; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00513, Fig. 1
Description: see Leakey (1964); Ariyawansa et al. (2015).
Material examined: see Leakey (1964); Ariyawansa et al. (2015).
Fig. 1 Dactuliophora tarrii (holotype, redrawn from Fig 1 and 2 in Leakey 1964). Scale bar = 50 µm.
Importance and distribution
Dactuliophora comprises four species known on Glycine sp. (Fabaceae), Neonotonia wightii (Fabaceae), Pennisetum sp. (Poaceae), Phaseolus sp. (Fabaceae), Sorghum vulgare (Poaceae), Vigna sp. (Fabaceae) and soil. Dactuliophora is reported from Africa (Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe), Asia (India) and South America (Brazil).
References
Ariyawansa HA, Thambugala K, Manamgoda D, Jayawardena R et al. 2015 – Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Pleosporaceae. Fungal Diversity 71, 85–139.
Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2020b − Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 105, 17–318.
Leakey CLA. 1964 – Dactuliophora, a new genus of mycelia sterilia from tropical Africa. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 47, 341–350.
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.
Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Dai DQ, Sánchez-García M et al. 2020 – Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021. Mycosphere 13, 53–453.
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