Scolionema palmarum
Scolionema palmarum (Kunze ex Fr.) Theiss. & Syd., Annls mycol. 15(6): 410 (1918) [1917].
≡ Myxothecium palmarum Kunze ex Fr., in Weigelt & Kunze, Surinam Exsicc.: s.n. (1828).
Index Fungorum number: IF 175370; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03718, Fig. 1
Description: see Boonmee et al. (2017).
Material considered: see Boonmee et al. (2017).
Fig. 1 Scolionema palmarum (MICH 14695, isotype). a, b Herbarium specimen and habit on leaves. c Appearance of colony and ascomata on leaf surface. d Superficial mycelium. e Asci with ascospores. f Mycelium. g Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 500 μm, d = 100 μm, e, f = 50 μm, g = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Scolionema comprises only one species known on Bactris sp. (Arecaceae) in Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago) and South America (Suriname).
References
Boonmee S, Phookamsak R, Hongsanan S, Doilom M et al. 2017 – Mycosphere notes 51–101. Revision of genera in Perisporiopsidaceae and Pseudoperisporiaceae and other Ascomycota genera incertae sedis. Mycosphere 8, 1695–1801.
Eriksson OE, Baral HO, Currah RS, Hansen K et al. 2001 – Outline of Ascomycota (eds). Myconet 7, 1–88.
Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu J-K, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.
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.
Theissen F, Sydow H. 1917 – Die Gattung Parodiella. Annales Mycologici 15, 125–142.
von Arx JA, Müller E. 1975 – A re-evaluation of the bitunicate Ascomycetes with keys to families and genera. Studies in Mycology 9, 1–159.
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