Pseudomorfea coffeae
Pseudomorfea coffeae Punith., Mycol. Pap. 149: 34 (1981).
Index Fungorum number: IF 111865; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12436, Fig. 1, 2
Description: see Punithalingam (1981).
Material examined: see Punithalingam (1981).
Fig. 1 Pseudomorfea coffeae (BAFC. cult. 403, Asexual morph, re-drawn from Figs. 1, 2 in Venediklan 1988). a Mycelium dividing into propagules. b Pycnidial wall and setae. c Pycnidia with setae. d Vertical section of pycnidium, conidiogenous cells and conidia. e–g Phases of pycnidium development. h Branched hyphae with constrictions in the septa. Scale bars: a–g = 10 μm.
Fig. 2 Pseudomorfea coffeae (BAFC. cult. 403, sexual morph, re-drawn from Fig 3 in Venediklan 1988). a Mature ascospores. b Bitunicate ascus. c Germinating ascospores. d Detail of young asci and paraphyses (note the thick wall in the apex). Scale bar: a–d = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Pseudomorfea comprises only one species known on green berries of Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae) in Asia (India).
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.
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota–2009. Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences 1, 1–60.
Punithalingam E. 1981 – Studies on Sphaeropsidales in culture. III. Mycological Papers 149, 1–42.
Venedikian N. 1988 – Presencia De Pseudomorfea Coffeae en la Argentina (Ascomycetes-Dothideales). Boletin De la Sociedad Argentina De Botanica 25, 496.
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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