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
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.
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