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Peltaster hedyotidis

Peltaster hedyotidis Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 15(3/4): 261 (1917).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 243027; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12360, Fig. 1

Description: see Sydow and sydow (1917); Medjedovic´ et al. (2014).

Material considered: see Sydow and sydow (1917); Medjedovic´ et al. (2014).

Fig. 1 Peltaster cerophilus (re-drawn from Fig. 2 and 3 in Medjedovic´ et al. 2014). a Pycnothyria and mycelial mats. b Sections through pycnothyria. c Conidiogenous cells. d Top down view on pycnothyria with less intensely pigmented center arrowed. e–g Conidiogenous cells and conidia obtained from culture SNA. Arrows in C, E, F indicates conidiogenous loci. Scale bars: a = 100 μm, b = 10 μm, c, d = 5 μm, e–g = 10 μm

Importance and distribution

Peltaster comprises thirty-one species known on several host plants such as Asimina triloba (Annonaceae), Bauhinia sp. (Fabaceae), Bertholletia excelsa (Lecythidaceae), Byrsonima sp. (Malpighiaceae), Crataegus pinnatifida (Rosaceae), Heliconia sp. (Heliconiaceae), Malus domestica (Rosaceae), Oenocarpus sp. (Arecaceae), Salacia sp. (Celastraceae), Simaba sp. (Simaroubaceae) and Terminalia sp. (Combretaceae). Peltaster is reported from Asia (China, Turkey), Europe (Germany, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia), South America (Brazil, Guyana) and the United States (Alabama, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin).

 

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.

Medjedović A, Frank J, Schroers HJ, Oertel B, Batzer JC. 2010 – Peltaster cerophilus is a new species of the apple sooty blotch complex from Europe. Mycologia 106, 525–36. doi: 10.3852/13-226.

Sydow H, Sydow P. 1917 – Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pilzflora der Philippinen-Inseln. Annale Mycologici 15 (3-4), 165–268.

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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