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Lasiostemma melioloides

Lasiostemma melioloides (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Theiss., Syd. & P. Syd., in Sydow & Sydow, Annls mycol. 15(3/4): 218 (1917).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 102249; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03698, Fig. 1

Description: see Hyde et al. (2013); Boonmee et al. (2017).

Material considered: see Hyde et al. (2013); Boonmee et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Lasiostemma melioloides (BPI699548). a Herbarium specimen. b Appearance of ascomata on host surface. c Squash mount of ascoma showing peridium. d Pseudoparaphyses. e, f Asci with ascospores. g, h Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 100 μm, d, g, h = 10 μm, e, f = 20 μm.

Importance and distribution

There are 16 Lasiostemma epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Antennularia, Dimeriella, Epipolaeum, Eudimeriolum, Niesslia, Perisporiopsis and Wentiomyces. Lasiostemma comprises six species known on Bauhinia sp. (Fabaceae), Conyza (Asteraceae), Leersia hexandra (Poaceae), Leptilon chinense (Asteraceae), Paspalum scrobiculatum (Poaceae) and Radermachera pinnata (Bignoniaceae). Lasiostemma is reported from Asia (Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines), South America (Brazil) and the United States (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, West Indies).

 

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.

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

 

 

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