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Malacaria meliolicola

Malacaria meliolicola Syd., Annls mycol. 28(1/2): 69 (1930).

Index Fungorum number: IF 120880; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00195, Fig. 1

Description: see Boonmee et al. (2017).

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

 

Fig. 1 Malacaria meliolicola (K (M): 177970, neotype). a, b Herbarium material. c Section of ascoma. d Peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f−h Asci. i−l Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 500 µm, c = 100 µm, d−l = 20 µm.

Importance and distribution

There are eight Malacaria epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but one species has been transferred to Acerbiella. Malacaria comprises seven species known on five hosts in Annonaceae, Castaneaceae, Lauraceae, Meliolaceae, Rubiaceae and Sapindaceae. Malacaria has been reported from Africa (Uganda), Asia (Philippines), Australia (New South Wales) and South America (Venezuela).

 

References

Boonmee S, Rossman AY, Liu JK, Li W et al. 2014 – Tubeufiales, ord. nov., integrating sexual and asexual generic names. Fungal Diversity 68, 239–298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-014-0304-7

Boonmee S, Zhang Y, Chomnunti P, Chukeatirote E et al. 2011 – Revision of lignicolous Tubeufiaceae based on morphological reexamination and phylogenetic analysis. Fungal Diversity 51, 63–102.

 

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