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Englerula macarangae

Englerula macarangae Henn., Bot. Jb. 34: 49 (1904).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 140464; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07962, Fig. 1

Description: see Hyde et al. (2013).

Material considered: see Hyde et al. (2013).

Fig. 1 Englerula macarangae (BPI 566046, syntype). a Colonies on host substrate. b Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. c Squash mount of ascoma. d–f Asci with ascospores. g, h Ascospores. Scale bars: b–f = 50 μm, g, h = 20 μm.

Importance and distribution

There are 26 Englerula epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Asterina, Cryptomeliola, Dimerium, Englera, Parodiella, Placoasterella, Rhytidenglerula and Thrauste. Englerula comprises ten species known on leaves of Coscinium fenestratum (Menispermaceae), Canarium (Burseraceae), Macaranga barteri (Euphorbiaceae), parasitic on Asterina verae-crucis (Asterinaceae), Litsaea (Lauraceae), Semecarpus helerophyllus (Anacardiaceae), Aphania loheri (Sapindaceae), Parinari macrophylla (Chrysobalanaceae) and Retinodendron lanceifolium (Dipterocarpaceae). Englerula is reported from Africa (Sierra Leone, Tanzania), Asia (India, Java, Myanmar, Philippines), Australia, North America (Mexico, The United States) and South America (Brazil).

 

References

Dai DQ, Boonmee S, Tian Q, Xiao YP, Bhat DJ, Chukeatirote E, Alias SA, Wang Y, Hyde KD. 2014 – Englerulaceae (Dothideomycetes). Phytotaxa 176, 139–155.

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

 

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