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Allosoma cestri

Allosoma cestri Syd., Annls mycol. 24(5/6): 353 (1926).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 260358; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12082, Fig. 1

Description: see Thambugala et al. (2014).

Material considered: see Thambugala et al. (2014).

Fig. 1 Allosoma cestri (= Acrodesmis cestri) (GZU157-80, holotype). a Herbarium material. b, c Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. d Squash mount of ascomata. e Asci. f, g Ascospores. h, i Conidiophores with apical conidia. j Conidiogenous cells. k, l Conidia. Scale bars: b, d–g = 20 μm, c = 50 μm, h–l = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Allosoma comprises four species known on leaves of Arrabidaea chica (Bignoniaceae), living leaves of Cestrum macrophyllum (Solanaceae), dead stems of Meyna laxiflora (Rubiaceae) and Quercus laurifolia (Fagaceae). Allosoma is reported from Asia (India), Central America (Costa Rica), South America (Brazil) and The United States (Florida).

 

References

Ellis MB. 1967 – Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. VIII. Periconiella, Trichodochium, etc. Mycological Papers 111, 1–46.

Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota 2009. Myconet 14, 1–64.

Sivanesan A. 1984 – The bitunicate ascomycetes and their anamorphs. J. Cramer, 701 pp.

Sydow H. 1926– Fungi in intinere costaricensi collecti, pars secunda. Annales Mycologici 24(5–6), 283–426.

Thambugala KM, Ariyawansa HA, Liu ZY, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD. 2014b – Towards a natural classification of Dothideomycetes 6: The genera Dolabra, Placostromella, Pleosphaerellula, Polysporidiella and Pseudotrichia (Dothideomycetes incertae sedis). Phytotaxa 176, 55–67.

von Arx JA. 1963 – Die Gattungen der Myriangiales. Persoonia 2, 421–475.

 

 

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