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Ostreichnion americanum

Ostreichnion americanum Duby, Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Genève 16(1): 34 (1861) [1862].

           Index Fungorum number: IF 431867; Facesoffungi number: FoF 04627, Fig. 1

Description: see Thambugala et al. (2014).

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

Fig. 1 Ostreichnion americanum (NY 626). a Herbarium label. b, c Appearance of ascomata on host surface. d Section through ascomata. e Peridium. f Asci with ascospores. g–k Ascospores. Scale bars: d = 300 μm, e = 20 μm, f = 100 μm, g–k = 50 μm.

Importance and distribution

There are six Ostreichnion epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but three species namely O. appendiculatum, O. beejakoshae and O. curtisii have been transferred to Ericboehmia. Ostreichnion americanum has been synonymized with O. sassafras. Ostreichnion comprises two species known on Pinus sp. (Pinaceae), Quercus faginea (Fagaceae) and Vitis sp. (Vitaceae) and distributed in Europe (Spain, United Kingdom) and The United States.

References

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