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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. 

Deighton FC. 1973 – Studies on Cercospora and allied genera. IV. Cercosporella Sacc., Pseudocercosporella gen. nov. Mycological Papers 133, 1–42. 

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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