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Verrucispora proteacearum

Verrucispora proteacearum D.E. Shaw & Alcorn, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 92: 171 (1967).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 340896; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11318, Fig. 1

Description: see Taylor and Crous (2000); Videira et al. (2017).

Material considered: see Taylor and Crous (2000); Videira et al. (2017).

 

Fig. 1 Verrucispora proteacearum (PREM 56209, re-drawn from Figs 103–107 in Taylor & Crous, 2000). a Conidiophores on host substrate. b Conidia showing thickened hila (arrowed). c Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. d, e Conidia. Scale bars = 10 μm.

 

Importance and distribution

Verrucispora species are associated with leaf spot. Verrucispora comprises five species known on Finschia chloroxantha (Proteaceae), leaves of Bridelia retusa (Phyllanthaceae), Luculia gratissima (Rubiaceae) and Smilax sp. (Smilacaceae). Verrucispora is reported from Asia (India (Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Nepal, Uttar Pradesh)) and Papua New Guinea.

References

Braun, U., Nakashima, C., & Crous, P.W. (2013). Cercosporoid fungi (Mycosphaerellaceae) 1. Species on other fungi, Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. IMA Fungus, 4, 265-345. 

Shaw, D.E., & Alcorn, J.L. (1967). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 92.

Taylor, J.E., & Crous, P.W. (2000). Fungi occurring on Proteaceae: new anamorphs for Teratosphaeria, Mycosphaerella and Lembosia, and other fungi associated with leaf spots and cankers of proteaceous hosts. Fungal Biology, 104, 618-636.

Videira, S. I. R., Groenewald, J. Z., Nakashima, C., Braun, U., Barreto, R. W., de Wit, P. J. G. M., & Crous, P. W. (2017). Mycosphaerellaceae - Chaos or clarity?. Studies in Mycology, 87, 257-421. 

 

 

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