Neosporidesmium maestrense
Neosporidesmium maestrense Mercado & J. Mena, Acta Bot. Cubana 59: 2 (1988).
Index Fungorum number: IF 135461; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12339, Fig. 1
Description: see Mercado and Mena (1988); Mel’nik et al. (2016); Li et al. (2015).
Material considered: see Mercado and Mena (1988); Mel’nik et al. (2016); Li et al. (2015).
Fig. 1 Neosporidesmium appendiculatus (PAN 32619, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 3 in Prasher and Verma 2015). a Synnemata on natural substratum. b Part of synnema with conidiogenous cells and attached conidia. c, d Conidium with appendages. Scale bars = 20 μm.
Importance and distribution
Neosporidesmium comprises 15 species known on several host plant such as Antidesma ghaesembilla (Phyllanthaceae), Bambusa (Poaceae), Ficus religiosa (Moraceae), Mallotus hookerianus (Euphorbiaceae), Michelia maudiae (Magnoliaceae), Palm (Arecaceae), Rhododendron (Ericaceae), Wightia speciosissima (Scrophulariaceae) and Xanthophyllum hainanense (Polygalaceae). Neosporidesmium is reported from Asia (China, India) and North America (Mexico).
References
Li XY, Liu SY, Zhang XG. 2015 – A new species of Neosporidesmium from Hainan, China. Mycotaxon 130, 307–310.
Ma J, Wang Y, Ma LG, Zhang YD, Castañeda–Ruíz RF, Zhang XG. 2011– Three new species of Neosporidesmium from Hainan, China. Mycological Progress 10, 157–162. doi:10.1007/s11557-010-0685-2.
Mel'nik V, Popov E, Braun U. 2016 – Neosporidesmium subramanianii sp. nov. from Vietnam. Mycosphere 7, 148–153.
Mercado Sierra A, Mena Portales J. 1988 – Nuevos o raros hifomicetes de Cuba. VI. Neosporidesmium, nuevo genero sinematico. Acta Botanica Cubana 59, 1–6.
Prasher IB, Verma RK. 2015 – Neosporidesmium appendiculatus sp. nov. from North–Western India. Mycological Progress 14, 87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-015-1112-5.
Verma R, Prasher IB, Sushma Gautam A, Kunhiraman C, Castañeda-Ruiz R. 2021 – Neosporidesmium himachalense sp. nov. from India and Neosporidesmina gen. nov. to accommodate N. micheliae. Mycotaxon 136, 587–595.
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.
Wu W, Zhuang W. 2005 – Sporidesmium, Endophragmiella and related genera from China. Fungal Diversity Research Series 15, 1–351.
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