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Dothidasteroma pterygotae

Dothidasteroma pterygotae (Berk. & Broome) Höhn., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. -naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 118: 1510 (1909).

≡ Rhytisma pterygotae Berk. & Broome, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14(no. 74): 131 (1873). [1875].           

Index Fungorum number: IF 431602; Facesoffungi number: FoF11976, Fig. 1

Description: see Inácio and Cannon (2008); Inácio et al. (2011).

Material considered: see Inácio and Cannon (2008); Inácio et al. (2011).

Fig. 1 Dothidasteroma psidii (UB Mycol. Coll. 9935, holotype, re-drawn from Figs. 1–6 in Inácio et al. 2011). a Leaf spot. b Squash mount of an ascoma. c Ascomatal wall. d Asci. e Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 1 cm, b = 100 μm, c, e = 10 μm, d = 20 μm.

 

Importance and distribution

Dothidasteroma comprises four species known on branches of Casuarina luehmannii (Casuarinaceae), leaves of Dipteris conjugata (Dipteridaceae), Sterculia alata (Malvaceae), Cansjera rheedei (Opiliaceae) and leaves of Psidium laruotteanum (Myrtaceae). Dothidasteroma is reported from Asia (Philippines, Sri Lanka), Australia and South America (Brazil).

 

References

 

Inácio CA, Cannon PF. 2003 – Viegasella and Mintera, two new genera of Parmulariaceae (Ascomycota), with notes on the species referred to Schneepia. Mycological Research 107,  82–92. doi:10.1017/S0953756202007013

Inácio CA, Cannon PF. 2008 – The genera of the Parmulariaceae. CBS biodiversity series vol 8. CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht.

Inácio CA, Pereira-Carvalho RC, Souza ESC, Dianese JC. 2011– A new Dothidasteroma species on leaves of Psidium laruotteanum from the Brazilian Cerrado. Mycotaxon 116, 27–32.

 

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