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Dictyoasterina conopharyngiae

Dictyoasterina conopharyngiae Hansf., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 159: 39 (1947).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 286083; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12188, Fig. 1

Description: see Wu et al. (2011).

Material considered: see Wu et al. (2011).

Fig. 1 Dictyoasterina conopharyngiae (IMI5298, holotype). a Appearance of colony and ascomata on the host surface. b Squash mount of ascoma. c Hyphopodia. d Section of ascoma. e Peridium. f Pseudoparaphyses. g, h Asci. i–l Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b = 20 μm, c–l = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Dictyoasterina comprises only one species known on Conopharyngia holstii (Apocynaceae) in Africa (Uganda).

 

References

Hansford CG. 1947 –New tropical fungi - II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 159, 21–42.

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

Wu HX, Li YM, Chen H, Hyde KD. 2010 – Studies on Microthyriaceae: some excluded genera. Mycotaxon 113, 147–156.

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

 

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