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Bryopelta variabilis

Bryopelta variabilis Döbbeler & Poelt, Mitt. bot. StSamml., Münch. 14: 126 (1978).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 309973; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11244, Fig. 1

Description: see Döbbeler (1978); Li et al. (2014) and Videira et al. (2017).

Material examined: see Döbbeler (1978); Li et al. (2014) and Videira et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Bryopelta variabilis (GZU 000302175! holotype). a, b Herbarium material and specimen. c Appearance of ascomata (arrows) on host substrate. d Section through ascoma. e Peridium. f, h, i Asci with ascospores. g Pseudoparaphyses. j–m Ascospores. Scale bars: d = 50 μm, e = 20 μm, f, j–m = 5 μm, g–i = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Species of Bryopelta are decomposers, obtaining carbon and nutrients from living or dead hosts (Döbbeler 1978). Bryopelta comprises only one species known on Mylia anomala (Myliaceae) in Europe (Sweden).

 

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