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Vizella conferta

Vizella conferta (Cooke) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 2: 661 (1883).

≡ Micropeltis conferta Cooke, Grevillea 6 (no. 39): 118 (1878).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 207415; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12118, Fig. 1

Description: see Hyde et al. (2013).

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

Fig. 1 Vizella conferta (IMI 174644, holotype). a Herbarium material. b Appearance of ascomata on host surface. c Section through ascomata. d Peridium. e, f Asci. g Pseudoparaphyses. h–k Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 100 μm, d–f = 20 μm, g–k = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

One species Vizella disciformis has been transferred to Blasdalea. Vizella comprises 30 species known on a wide range of plants such as Alstonia sp. (Apocynaceae), Chrysophyllum sp. (Sapotaceae), Craterispermum sp. (Rubiaceae), Cremaspora sp. (Rubiaceae), Ficus sp. (Moraceae), Ilex dipyrena (Aquifoliaceae), Lomandra longifolia (Asparagaceae), Macrolobium sp. (Fabaceae), Pavetta sp. (Rubiaceae), Symplocos sp. (Symplocaceae), Tetrorchidium sp. (Euphorbiaceae) and Trochocarpa laurina (Ericaceae). Vizella is reported from Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Asia (India, Philippines), Australia, Oceania (New Zealand) and South America (Brazil).

 

Reference

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

 

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