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Digitosarcinella caseariae

Digitosarcinella caseariae S. Hughes, Can. J. Bot. 62(11): 2208 (1984).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 106057; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12083, Fig. 1

Description: see Hughes (1984).

Material examined: see Hughes (1984).

Fig. 1 Digitosarcinella caseariae (IACM 3217, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 1 in Hughes 1984). a Developing and mature Digitosarcinella conidia, some with a linear series of lateral, thin-walled zones, others with a hyphal initial. b Sessile and stalked conidiogenous cells bearing immature or mature Questieriella conidia, rounded hyphae formed from hyphopodium. Scale bar = 10 µm.

Importance and distribution

Digitosarcinella comprises only one species known on leaves of Casearia sylvestris (Salicaceae) in South America (Brazil).

 

Reference

Hughes SJ. 1984 – Schiffnerulaceous fungi on Compositae from the Americas. Canadian Journal of Botany 62, 2213–2222.

 

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