Lophionema vermisporum
Lophionema vermisporum (Ellis) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 2: 717 (1883).
≡ Lophiostoma vermispora Ellis, Bull. Torrey bot. Club 9(2): 19 (1882).
Index Fungorum number: IF 187660; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12269, Fig. 1
Description: see Zhang et al. (2012).
Material considered: see Zhang et al. (2012).
Fig. 1 Lophionema vermisporum (NY-643, holotype). a Appearance of ascomata on the host surface. b Section through ascomata. c Peridium. d, e Asci. f Ascospore. Scale bars: a = 0.5 mm, b = 100 μm, c = 50 μm, d–f = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Lophionema comprises nine species known on Eupatorium purpureum (Asteraceae), Fraxinus (Oleaceae), Oenothera biennis (Onagraceae), Pinus sylvestris (Pinaceae), Salix (Salicaceae) and Ulmus scabra (Ulmaceae). Lophionema is reported from Asia (Indonesia, Russia), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Ukraine), North America (Caribbean (Puerto Rico), The United States) and South America (Brazil).
References
Barr ME. 1992 – Notes on the Lophiostomataceae (Pleosporales). Mycotaxon 45,191–221.
Berlese AN. 1890 – Icones Fungorum I. fasc, 1–66.
Chesters CGC, Bell A. 1970 – Studies in the Lophiostomataceae Sacc. Mycological Papers 120, 1–55.
Shoemaker RA. 1976 – Canadian and some extralimital Ophiobolus species. Canadian Journal of Botany 54, 2365–2404.
Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Al-Ani LKT, Tedersoo L et al. 2020 – Outline of Fungi and fungi like 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.
Zhang Y, Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD. 2012 – Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 53, 1–221.
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