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Melanodothis caricis

Melanodothis caricis R.H. Arnold, Can. J. Bot. 49: 2188 (1972) [1971].

            Index Fungorum number: IF 317453; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11276, Fig. 1

Description: see Arnold (1972) and Videira et al. (2017).

Material examined: see Arnold (1972) and Videira et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Melanodothis caricis (DAOM 116433, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 15, 24 and 52 in Arnold 1971). a Mature stroma (× 10). b Section through stroma (× 100). c Mature ascus (× 1200). d Outline of ascospores. e Ascospores (× 1200). f Cylindrical conidia (× 1200).

Importance and distribution

Melanodothis comprises only one species causing false smut on flowers of Carex sitchensis (Cyperaceae) in North America (Canada).

 

References

Arnold RH. 1971 – Melanodothis caricis, n. gen., n. sp. and Hyalodothis caricis. Canadian Journal of Botany 49, 2187–2196.

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

Braun U. 1998 – A monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and allied genera (phytopathogenic hyphomycetes): Vol. 1. IHW-Verlag, Eching, Munich, Germany.

Schubert K, Groenewald JZ, Braun U. 2007Biodiversity in the Cladosporium herbarum complex (Davidiellaceae, Capnodiales), with standardization of methods for Cladosporium taxonomy and diagnostics. Studies in Mycology 58, 105–156.

Videira SIR, Groenewald JZ, Nakashima C, Braun U, Barreto RW, de Wit PJGM, Crous PW. 2017 – Mycosphaerellaceae - Chaos or clarity? Studies in Mycology 87, 257–421.

 

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