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Leveillina arduinae

Leveillina arduinae (Kalchbr. & Cooke) Theiss. & Syd., Annls mycol. 13(3/4): 286 (1915).

≡ Dothidea arduinae Kalchbr. & Cooke, Grevillea 9(no. 49): 31 (1880).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 157931; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03715, Fig. 1

Description: see Boonmee et al. (2017).

Material considered: see Boonmee et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Leveillina arduinae (S-F68798, holotype). a Appearance of conidiomata. b Section of conidioma stained in cotton blue. c Peridium. d, e Conidiogenous cells. f Conidia. Scale bars: b = 50 µm, c = 20 µm, d−f = 10 µm.

 

Importance and distribution

Leveillina comprises three species. L. arduinae is known on leaves of Carissa arduina (Apocynaceae) in South Africa, L. endocrypta is reported on leaves in Guiana. Data is lacking for L. endocrypta.

 

Reference

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.

 

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