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Leptomeliola

Leptomeliola Höhn., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. -naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 128(7-8): 557 (1919).

 Index Fungorum number: IF 2780; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12262, 13 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2022), no molecular data available.

Parasitic on living leaves of Desmoncus sp. Colonies 2.5–5 mm diameter, superficial, with radiating mycelium, branched, septate, dark brown, numerous with hyphopodia, setae tapering towards narrow apex, obtuse at the apex, slightly curved, septate, dark brown. Sexual morph: Colonies superficial, orbicular, effuse, outwardly radiating mycelium, branched, hyphopodia, with erect setae. Ascomata superficial, subglobose, papillate. Asci 8-spored. Ascospores somewhat small, oval ellipsoid, 4-celled, hyaline to reddish brown. Asexual morph: Unknown (adapted from Boonmee et al. 2017).

Type species: Leptomeliola hyalospora (Lév.) Höhn

Notes: Leptomeliola has been revised and its placement underwent many changes (Barr 1997, Hughes 1993, Eriksson & Hawksworth 1993, Kirk et al. 2008, Lumbsch & Huhndorf 2010). Boonmee et al. (2017) treated Leptomeliola in Dothideomycetes, genera incertae sedis based on morphological studies.

 

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