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Mendogia bambusina

Mendogia bambusina Racib., Parasit. Alg. Pilze Java's (Jakarta) 3: 31 (1900).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 211717; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01967, Fig. 1

Description: see Dai et al. (2017); Jiang et al. (2020); Thiyagaraja et al. (2021).

Material considered: see Dai et al. (2017); Jiang et al. (2020); Thiyagaraja et al. (2021).

Fig. 1 Mendogia spp. (a–f M. bambusina, S F48345). a Herbarium material. b

Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. c Section through ascomata. d Peridium. e Asci separated by paraphysoid-like filaments. f–h Asci. i, j Ascospores. (a–f M. diffusa, MFLU 20-0541). k, l Appearance of ascomata on leaf surface. m Section through ascomata. n Pseudoparaphyses. o, p Asci. q, r Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 100 μm, d–h = 20 μm, i, j, n = 5 μm, k = 1000 μm, l = 500 μm, m = 200 μm, o, p = 30 μm, q, r = 10 μm.

 

Importance and distribution

Mendogia comprises eight species known on culms of Bambusa (Poaceae), dead leaves of Fagales, leaves of Chamaedorea (Arecaceae), leaves of Palmae (Arecaceae) and living leaves of Calamus (Acoraceae) in Asia (Philippines, Thailand) and South America (Brazil).

 

References

Dai DQ, Phookamsak R, Wijayawardene NN, Li WJ et al. 2017 – Bambusicolous fungi. Fungal Diversity 82, 1–105.

Hong-Bo J, Rungtiwa P, Jianchu X, Karunarathna SC, Peter ME, Hyde KD. 2020 – Taxonomic and phylogenetic characterizations reveal three new species of Mendogia (Myriangiaceae, Myriangiales) Mycological Progress 19, 41–51.

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313

Thiyagaraja V, Lücking R, Ertz D, Samarakoon MC et al. 2021 – Mendogia diffusa sp. nov. and an updated key to the species of Mendogia (Myriangiaceae, Dothideomycetes). Biodiversity Data Journal 7, 9, e67705.

von Arx JA, Müller E. 1975 – A re-evaluation of the bitunicate Ascomycetes with keys to families and genera. Studies in Mycology 9, 1–159.

Wijayawardene NN, Crous PW, Kirk PM, Hawksworth DL et al. 2014 – Naming and outline of Dothideomycetes–2014 including proposals for the protection or suppression of generic names. Fungal Diversity 69, 1–55.

 

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