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
Ellis MB. 1971 – Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. Kew: Commonwealth Mycological Institute.
Ellis MB. 1972 – Dematiaceous hyphomycetes. XI. Mycological Papers 131, 1–25
Mason EW. 1941 – Annotated account of fungi received at the Imperial Mycological Institute. Mycological Papers 5, 101–144.
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