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Rhytidenglerula carnea

Rhytidenglerula carnea (Ellis & G. Martin) Höhn., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. -naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 127(4): 386 [58 repr.] (1918).

≡ Asterina carnea Ellis & G. Martin, Am. Nat. 17(2): 1285 (1883).

Index Fungorum number: IF 432015; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12086, Fig. 1

Description: see Dai et al. (2014).

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

Fig. 1 Rhytidenglerula carnea (NY! 01089642, holotype). a Colonies on lower surface of leaf. b Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. c Squash mount of ascoma. d Young ascoma on hyphae. e, f Asci with ascospores. g, h Ascospore. Scale bars: b = 100 μm, c = 50 μm, d–h = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Rhytidenglerula comprises nine species known on living leaves of Persea palustris (Lauraceae), leaves of Homalanthus populifolius (Euphorbiaceae), colonies of Irenina glabra (Sapindaceae), Landolphia ugandensis (Apocynaceae), leaves of Solanum pulverulentum (Solanaceae), Macaranga tanarius (Euphorbiaceae) and Trema micrantha (Cannabaceae). Rhytidenglerula is reported from Africa (Congo, Uganda), Asia (Philippines), Australia, South America (Brazil) and The United States (Florida).

 

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.

Sutton BC. 1980 – The Coelomycetes. Fungi imperfecti with pycnidia, acervuli and stromata. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, pp 1–696.

 

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