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Heliocephala proliferans

Heliocephala proliferans V. Rao, K.A. Reddy & de Hoog, Persoonia 12(3): 239 (1984)

Index Fungorum number: IF 106174; Facesoffungi number: FoF 09720 , Fig. 1

Description: see Rao et al. (1984).

Material considered: see Rao et al. (1984).

Fig. 1 Heliocephala proliferans (VMRL 800, re-drawn from Rao et al. 1984). a Mycelium. b Conidiophores with primary whorls of conidiogenous cells and conidia. c Secondary conidiophore bearing secondary whorl of conidiogenous cells and conidia. d Conidia. Scale bars = 10 µm.

 

Importance and distribution

Heliocephala comprises eight species known on Fabaceae and Sapindaceae. Heliocephala has been reported from Africa (Zimbabwe), Asia (India (Orissa, Tamil Nadu), Vietnam) and North America (Mexico, Caribbean (Cuba)). Heliocephala natarajnii was isolated as contaminant from culture of Pisolithus tinctorius.

 

References

Heredia G, Castañeda-Ruiz R, Arias R, Ivonne C, Gomez S, Bogale M, Untereiner W. 2011 – A new species of Heliocephala from Mexico with an assessment of the systematic positions of the anamorph genera Heliocephala and Holubovaniella. Mycologia 103, 631–640.

Rao VG, Reddy KA, Hoog GS. de. 1984 – Heliocephala, a new genus of dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. Persoonia 12, 239–242.

 

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