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Xylosphaeria elliptica

Xylosphaeria elliptica G.H. Otth, Mitt. naturf. Ges. Bern 654-683: 53 (1869) [1868].

            Index Fungorum number: IF 238359; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12326

Description: see Petrak (1961).

Material considered: see Petrak (1961).

 

Importance and distribution

There are 39 Mycothyridium epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Ceratostoma, Dyrithium, Karstenula, Platystomum, Teichospora and Thyridium. Mycothyridium comprises nine species known on Aerva javanica (Amaranthaceae), Astragalus sp. (Fabaceae), Dalbergia sissoo (Fabaceae), Dodonaea viscosa (Sapindaceae), Ficus palmata (Moraceae), Malus sylvestris (Rosaceae), Prosopis spicigera (Fabaceae), Rhododendron ponticum subsp. ponticum (Ericaceae), Suaeda fruticosa (Amaranthaceae) and Ziziphus jujuba (Rhamnaceae). Mycothyridium is reported from Asia (Pakistan) and Europe (Bulgaria, Sweden).

 

References

Kirk PM, Stalpers JA, Braun U, Crous PW et al. 2013 – A without-prejudice list of generic names of fungi for protection under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. IMA fungus 4, 381–443.

Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota–2009. Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences 1, 1–60.

Petrak F. (1961, publ. 1962) – Über die Gattungen Xylosphaera Dum. und Xylosphaeria Otth. Sydowia 15 (1-6), 288–290.

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.

 

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