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Walkeromyces grewiae

Walkeromyces grewiae Thaung, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 66(2): 213 (1976).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 325536; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11320, Fig. 1

Description: see Videira et al. (2017).

Material examined: see Videira et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Walkeromyces grewiae (IMI 188948, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 2 in Thaung 1976). a Conidiophores and conidia (arrow a shows conidial hila, arrow b shows conidiogenous loci). Scale bar: = 20 μm.

Importance and distribution

Walkeromyces comprises only one species known on leaves of Grewia macrophylla (Malvaceae) in Asia (Myanmar). The diversity of Walkeromyces is poorly known.

 

References 

Crous PW, Braun U. 2003 – Mycosphaerella and its anamorphs: 1. Names published in Cercospora and Passalora. CBS Biodiversity Series No. 1. Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Thaung MM. 1976 – New hyphomycetes from Burma. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 66, 211–215.

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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