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Pseudocercosporidium venezuelanum

Pseudocercosporidium venezuelanum (Syd.) Deighton, Mycol. Pap. 133: 56 (1973).

≡ Cercosporidium venezuelanum Syd., Annls mycol. 28(1/2): 218 (1930).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 321756; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11209 Fig. 1

Description: see Braun et al. (2013) and Videira et al. (2017).

Material examined: see Braun et al. (2013) and Videira et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Pseudocercosporidium venezuelanum (redrawn from Deighton 1973). a Conidia. b Conidiophore and conidiogenous cell. Scale bars: a = 10 µm, b = 50 µm.

 

Importance and distribution

Pseudocercosporidium comprises only one species known on leaves of Cordia heterophylla (Boraginaceae) in South America (Venezuela).

 

References

 

Braun U, Nakashima C, Crous PW. 2013 – Cercosporoid fungi (Mycosphaerellaceae) 1. Species on other fungi, Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. IMA Fungus 4, 265–345. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.02.12

Deighton FC. 1973 – Studies on Cercospora and allied genera. IV. Cercosporella Sacc., Pseudocercosporella gen. nov. Mycological Papers 133, 1–42. https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19731306263

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2017.09.003

 

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