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Purpurepithecium murisporum

Purpurepithecium murisporum Jayasiri & K.D. Hyde, in Jayasiri, et al., Cryptog. Mycol. 38(2): 246 (2017).

Index Fungorum number: IF 553001; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03110, Fig. 1

Description: see Jayasiri et al. (2017).

Material considered: see Jayasiri et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Purpurepithecium murisporum (MFLU 16-2983, holotype). a

Herbarium material. b View of hysteriothecia on host surface. c Section through hysteriothecium. d Pseudoparaphyses. e Peridium. f−h Asci. i−l Ascospores. m Appearance of fruiting bodies in culture. n Conidiogenous cells. o, p Conidia. Scale bars: b = 500 µm, c = 100 µm, d, e, i−l = 10 µm, f−h = 50 µm, m = 400 µm, n−p = 20 µm.

Importance and distribution

Purpurepithecium comprises two saprobic species known on two host plants in Pinaceae. Purpurepithecium is reported mainly from Asia (Japan).

 

Reference

Jayasiri SC, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Ariyawansa HA et al. 2017 – A new hysteriform Dothideomycete (Gloniaceae, Pleosporomycetidae Incertae sedis), Purpurepithecium murisporum gen. et sp. nov. on pine cone scales. Cryptogamie Mycologie 38, 241–251.

 

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