Leptomeliola hyalospora
Leptomeliola hyalospora (Lév.) Höhn., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. -naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 128(7-8): 558 (1919).
≡ Meliola hyalospora Lév., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3 5: 256 (1846).
Index Fungorum number: IF 431759; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03714, Fig. 1
Description: see Boonmee et al. (2017).
Material considered: Suriname, on living leaves of Desmonchi (Desmonchus = Desmoncus sp.) (Arecaceae), without date, M. Kegel 594 (ILL6481, isotype).
Fig. 1 Leptomeliola hyalospora (ILL6481, isotype). a, b Herbarium material. c Appearance of colony on leaf surface. d, e Squash mount of fungal colonies with hyphopodia. f−i Ascospores. Scale bars: c, d = 500 µm, e = 100 µm, f = 20 µm, g−i = 30 µm.
Importance and distribution
There are fourteen Leptomeliola epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but some have been transferred to Meliola. Currently, there are thirteen Leptomeliola species known on ten host plants in Annonaceae, Hypericaceae, Hypnaceae, Lauraceae, Mniaceae, Ptilidiaceae, Scapaniaceae and Theaceae. Leptomeliola has been reported from Asia (Java, Philippines), Europe (France, Romania), South America (Brazil) and the United States (Florida).
References
Barr ME. 1997 – Notes on some ‘dimeriaceous’ fungi. Mycotaxon 64, 149–171.
Boonmee S, Phookamsak R, Hongsanan S, Doilom M et al. 2017 – Mycosphere notes 51–101. Revision of genera in Perisporiopsidaceae and Pseudoperisporiaceae and other Ascomycota genera incertae sedis. Mycosphere 8, 1695–1801.
Eriksson OE, Hawksworth DL. 1993 – Outline of the ascomycetes – 1993. Systema Ascomycetum 12, 51–257.
Hughes SJ. 1993 – Meliolina and its excluded species. Mycological Papers 166, 1–125.
Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. 2008 – Ainsworth & Bisby’s dictionary of the fungi, 10th edn. CABI, Wallingford.
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Myconet Volume 14. Part one. Outline of Ascomycota 2009. Part Two. Notes on Ascomycete Systematics. Nos. 4751–5113. Fieldiana Life Earth Science 1, 1–64.
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