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Neomycosphaerella pseudopentameridis

Neomycosphaerella pseudopentameridis Crous, in Crous et al., Persoonia 31: 195 (2013).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 805815; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11174, Fig. 1

Description: see Crous et al. (2013).

Material examined: see Crous et al. (2013).

Fig. 1 Neomycosphaerella pseudopentameridis (CBS H-21416, holotype, re-drawn from Crous et al. 2013). a Immersed ascomata on host. b Asci. c Ascospores. d Germinating ascospores. Scale bars = 10 µm.

Importance and distribution

Neomycosphaerella comprises only one species causing leaf spots on Pseudopentameris macrantha (Poaceae) in South Africa (Western Cape Province).

 

References 

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Guarro J, Cheewangkoon R et al. 2013 – Fungal Planet description sheets: 154–213. Persoonia 31, 188–296.

 

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