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Neottiosporina apoda

Neottiosporina apoda (Speg.) Subram., Proc. natn. Acad. Sci. India, Sect. B, Biol. Sci. 27(4): 239 (1961).

≡ Cryptostictis apoda Speg., Anal. Mus. nac. B. Aires, Ser. 3 13: 374 (1910) [1911].

           Index Fungorum number: IF 335146; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12342, Fig. 1

Description: see Sutton (1980); Nag Raj (1993); Wijayawardene et al. (2016).  

Material examined: see Sutton (1980); Nag Raj (1993); Wijayawardene et al. (2016).  

Fig. 1 Neottiosporina apoda (re-drawn from Nag Raj 1993). a Vertical section of conidioma. b Different stages of conidiogenesis. c Conidia. Scale bars: a = 100 μm, b, c = 20 μm.

Importance and distribution

Neottiosporina comprises eight species known on Achyrocline satureioides (Asteraceae), Cyperus brevifolius (Cyperaceae), Paspalum sp. (Poaceae), Phragmites australis (Poaceae), Pinus caribaea (from damped-off seedlings) (Pinaceae), Schoenoplectus sp. (Cyperaceae), Sorghum plumosum (Poaceae) and Themeda australis (Poaceae). Neottiosporina is reported from Africa (Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda), Asia (China, Hong Kong), Europe (Netherlands), Oceania (Australia), South America (Argentina) and the United States (Virginia).

 

References

Nag Raj TR. 1993 – Coelomycetous anamorphs with appendage-bearing conidia. Mycologue Publications, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 1101.

Sutton BC. 1980 – The Coelomycetes: Fungi imperfecti with pycnidia, acervular and stromata. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey, England.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Wanasinghe DN, Papizadeh M et al. 2016 – Taxonomy and phylogeny of dematiaceous coelomycetes. Fungal Diversity 77, 1–316.

 

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