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Pseudopenidiella pini

Pseudopenidiella pini (P.M. Kirk & Minter) P.M. Kirk, Index Fungorum 120: 1 (2014).

≡ Polyscytalum pini P.M. Kirk & Minter, in Kirk, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 80(3): 462 (1983).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 550076; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11946, Fig. 1

Description: see Crous et al. (2012).

Material examined: see Crous et al. (2012).

Fig. 1 Conidiophores of Pseudopenidiella pini giving rise to conidial chains (≡ Pseudopenidiella piceae, re-drawn from Crous et al. 2012). Scale bar = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Pseudopenidiella comprises only one species known on needle litter of Picea abies (Pinaceae) in Europe (Czech Republic).

 

References

Bensch K, Braun U, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW. 2012 – The genus Cladosporium. Studies in Mycology 72, 1–401.

Crous PW, Braun U, Groenewald JZ. 2007 – Mycosphaerella is polyphyletic. Studies in Mycology 58, 1–32.

Crous PW, Summerell BA, Shivas RG, Burgess TI et al. 2012 – Fungal Planet description sheets: 107–127. Persoonia 28, 138–182.

 

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