Cladocillium musae
Cladocillium musae Chun-Hao Chen & R. Kirschner, in Chen et al., Mycol. Progr. 19(9): 840 (2020).
Index Fungorum number: IF 835864; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11139, Fig. 1
Description: see Chen et al. (2020).
Material considered: see Chen et al. (2020).
Fig. 1 Cladocillium musae (CCH05A, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 2 in Chen et al. 2020). a Young conidiophore with two apical conidiogenous cells. b Mature conidiophore with branched conidial chains. c Apex of mature conidiophore showing the subterminal conidiogenous loci of the intercalary conidiogenous cells after conidium dehiscence. d Conidia. Scale bars: a–c = 20 μm, d = 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
Cladocillium comprises only one species known on Musa itinerans (Musaceae) in Asia (Taiwan). The exact ecological role of this species is not known (Chen et al. 2020).
Reference
Chen CH, Hsieh SY, Yeh YH, Kirschner R. 2020 – Cladocillium musae, a new genus and species of cercosporoid fungi (Mycosphaerellaceae) on wild banana in Taiwan. Mycological Progress 19, 837–843.
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