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Hansfordiella asterinearum

Hansfordiella asterinearum S. Hughes, Mycol. Pap. 47: 11 (1951).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 298130; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12224, Fig. 1, 2

Description: see Hughes (1951); Subramanian (1957).

Material examined: see Hughes (1951); Subramanian (1957).

 

Fig. 1 Mycelium, conidiophores and conidia of Hansfordiella asterinearum (IMI 37165, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 8 in Hughes 1951). Scale bar = ×500 μm.

Fig. 2 Hansfordiella harunganae from type specimen (Herb. M.U.B.L 1696, re-drawn from Fig. 2 in Subramanian 1957). a Conidiophores. b Conidiophores and sporiferous parts. c Conidia. d Germinated conidia. Scale bars: a = 50 μm, b–d = 20 μm.

Importance and distribution

Hansfordiella comprises seven species known on Asterina (Asterinaceae), Gomphillaceae, Gustavia augusta (Lecythidaceae), Harungana madagascariensis (Hypericaceae), Lembosia sp. (Asterinaceae), Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae), Meliola conopharyngiae (Apocynaceae) and Pavetta indica (Rubiaceae) amongst others. Hansfordiella has been reported from Africa (Ghana, Sierra Leone, Uganda), Asia (India, Philippines), Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago), Central America (Panama) and South America (Brazil).

 

References

Hughes SJ. 1951 – Studies on micro-fungi. XIII. Beltrania, Ceratocladium, Diplorhinotrichum and Hansfordiella (gen.nov.). Mycological Papers 47, 1–15.

Kirk PM, Stalpers JA, Braun U, Crous PW et al. 2013 – A without-prejudice list of generic names of fungi for protection under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. IMA fungus 4, 381–443.

Subramanian CV. 1957 – Additions to the genus Hansfordiella. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section B, 45, 282–287.

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

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Rajeshkumar KC, Hawksworth DL et al. 2017– Notes for genera: Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86, 1–594.

 

 

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