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Acrogenospora sphaerocephala

Acrogenospora sphaerocephala (Berk. & Broome) M.B. Ellis, Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes (Kew): 114 (1971).

≡ Monotospora sphaerocephala Berk. & Broome, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 3 3: 361 (1859).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 308236; Facesoffungi number: FoF 04687, Fig. 1

Description: see Jayasiri et al. (2018); Hyde et al. (2019); Bao et al. (2019).

Material considered: see Jayasiri et al. (2018); Hyde et al. (2019); Bao et al. (2019).

Fig. 1 Acrogenospora sphaerocephala (a–g A. aquatica, MFLU 20–0291, holotype). a Colonies on wood. b–e Conidiophores, conidiogenous cells and conidia. f, g Conidia. (h–m A. basalicellularispora, MFLU 20–0288, holotype). h Colony on wood. i, j Conidiophores, conidiogenous cells and conidia. k–m Conidia. (n–q A. guttulatispora, MFLU 20-0289, holotype). n Colonies on wood. o Conidiogenous cells and conidia. p, q Conidia. (r–w A. obovoidispora, MFLU 20-0295, holotype). r Colony on wood. s, t Conidiogenous cells with conidia. u–w Conidia. Scale bars: a, h, n, r = 200 μm, b, c = 100 μm, d, e, o, s, t = 30 μm, f, g, j–m, u–w = 20 μm, i = 50 μm, p, q = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Acrogenospora comprises 13 species known on wood, culms of bamboo (Poaceae), bark of Quercus (Fagaceae), dead bark of Weinmannia racemosa (Cunoniaceae), bark of Taxus baccata (Taxaceae), from both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Acrogenospora is reported from Asia (China (Hainan), Hong Kong, Thailand), Europe (United Kingdom, Italy) and Oceania (New Zealand).

 

References

 

Bao DF, McKenzie EHC, Bhat DJ, Hyde KD, Luo ZL, Shen HW, Su HY. 2020 – Acrogenospora (Acrogenosporaceae, Minutisphaerales) Appears to Be a Very Diverse Genus.  Frontiers in Microbiology 11, 1606. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01606

Ellis MB. 1971 – Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. Kew: Commonwealth Mycological Institute.

Ellis MB. 1972 – Dematiaceous hyphomycetes. XI. Mycological Papers 131, 1–25

Goh TK, Hyde KD, Tsui KM. 1998 – The hyphomycete genus Acrogenospora, with two new species and two new combinations. Mycological Research 102, 1309–1315. 10.1017/S0953756298006790

Hughes SJ. 1978 – New Zealand Fungi 25, Miscellaneous species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 16, 311–370. 10.1080/0028825X.1978.10425143

Hyde KD, Tennakoon DS, Jeewon R, Bhat DJ et al. 2019 – Fungal diversity notes 1036–1150: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 96, 1–242.

Jayasiri SC, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Persoh D. 2018 – Taxonomic novelties of hysteriform Dothideomycetes. Mycosphere 9, 803–837. 10.5943/mycosphere/9/4/8

Mason EW. 1941 – Annotated account of fungi received at the Imperial Mycological Institute. Mycological Papers 5, 101–144.

Rossman AY, Crous PW, Hyde KD, Hawksworth DL et al. 2015 – Recommended names for pleomorphic genera in Dothideomycetes. IMA Fungus 6, 507–523. 10.5598/imafungus.2015.06.02.14

 

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