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Letendraeopsis palmarum

Letendraeopsis palmarum K.F. Rodrigues & Samuels, Mycologia 86(2): 255 (1994).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 362655; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12264, Fig. 1

Description: see Rodrigues and Samuels (1994).

Material considered: see Rodrigues and Samuels (1994).

 

Fig. 1 Letendraeopsis palmarum (KFR 91-564, BPI, NY, holotype, re-drawn from Rodrigues and Samuels 1994). a Ascomata. b Ascomatal wall surface. c Apices of pseudoparaphyses. d Immature ascus. e Mature ascus. f Ascospore. Scale bars: a = 50 μm, b−f = 20 μm.

Importance and distribution

Letendraeopsis comprises only one species known on leaves of Euterpe oleracea (Arecaceae) in South America (Brazil).

 

Reference

Rodrigues KF, Samuels GJ. 1994 – Letendraeopsis palmarum, a new genus and species of Loculoascomycetes. Mycologia 86, 254–258.

 

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