Petrakina mirabilis
Petrakina mirabilis Cif., Annls mycol. 30(3/4): 225 (1932).
Index Fungorum number: IF 271395; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12370, Fig. 1
Description: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Hongsanan et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Petrakina mirabilis (NY 00936794). a Herbarium label. b Specimen. c Appearance of thyriothecia on host substrate. d Squash mount of thyriothecium. e Section through thyriothecium. f Peridium. g Pseudoparaphyses. h Ascus. i, j Ascospores. Scale bars: d, e = 100 μm, f–j = 20 μm.
Importance and distribution
Petrakina comprises two species known on leaves of Palmae (Arecaceae) and Typha latifolia (Typhaceae). Petrakina is reported from North America (Caribbean, Mexico).
References
Farr ML, Palm ME. 1985– A new species of Petrakina (Loculoascomycetes). Mycotaxon 24, 275.
Hofmann TA. 2010 – Plant parasitc Asterinaceae and Microthyriaceae from the Neotropics (Panama). PhD thesis. 408 pp. The faculty of biological sciences at the J.W.Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Hongsanan S, Li YM, Liu JK, Hofmann T et al. 2014 – Revision of genera in Asterinales. Fungal Diversity 68, 1– 68.
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota–2009. Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences 1, 1–60.
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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