Omphalospora stellariae
Omphalospora stellariae (Lib.) Theiss. & Syd., Annls mycol. 13(3/4): 361 (1915).
≡ Dothidea stellariae Lib., Pl. crypt. Arduenna, fasc. (Liège) 2(nos 101-200): no. 172 (1832).
Index Fungorum number: IF 181905; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00133, Fig. 1
Description: see Theissen and Sydow (1915).
Material examined: see Theissen and Sydow (1915).
Fig. 1 Omphalospora stellariae (holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 22 in Obrist 1959). a Section through ascostromata. b Ascospores. Scale bars: a = × 330 μm, b = × 650 μm.
Importance and distribution
Omphalospora comprises four species known on Acanthaceae, Astragalus (Fabaceae), Bupleurum rigidum (Apiaceae), Coronilla (Fabaceae), Eryngium campestre (Apiaceae), Ferulago nodosa (Apiaceae), Lathyrus sp. (Fabaceae), Stellaria sp. (Caryophyllaceae) and Vicia cracca (Fabaceae). Omphalospora is reported from Europe (Greece, Poland, Spain, Sweden), South America (Brazil) and The United States (Alaska).
References
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Obrist W. 1959 – Untersuchungen über einige ‘Dothideale’ Gattungen. Phytopathologische Zeitschrift 35, 357–388.
Theissen F; Sydow H. 1915 – Die Dothideales. Kritisch-systematisch Originaluntersuchungen [The Dothideales. An original, critical and systematic piece of research]. Annales Mycologici 13, 147–430.
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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