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Parmularia styracis

Parmularia styracis Lév., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 5: 286 (1846).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 142534; Facesoffungi number: FoF 02298, Fig. 1

Description: see Guatimosim et al. (2015); Dai et al. (2020).

Material considered: see Guatimosim et al. (2015); Dai et al. (2020).

Fig. 1 Parmularia styracis (S F21306). a Herbarium label. b, c Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. d Section through ascostroma showing multi-locules. e Peridium. f Pseudoparaphyses with brown swollen apices. g, h Asci. i, j Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 1 mm, d = 100 μm, e = 50 μm, f–j = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

There are 40 Parmularia epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Inocyclus, Lecanora, Lobothallia, Mintera, Nipponoparmelia, Olegblumia, Protoparmeliopsis, Rhagadolobium, Rhipidocarpon, Rhizoplaca, Squamarina and Viegasella. Parmularia is reported from wide range of hosts such as Styrax sp. (Styracaceae), Dryopteris sp. (Dryopteridaceae), Stigmatopteris sp. (Dryopteridaceae), leaves of Miconia (Melastomataceae), Portia (Malvaceae) and leaves of Aechmea pectinata (Bromeliaceae). Parmularia is reported from Oceania (New Zealand) and South America (Brazil, Venezuela).

 

References

Dai D, Wijayawardene NN, Tang L, Tian Y, Promputtha I, Bhat DJ, Hyde KD. 2020 – Studies on Parmulariaceae II. Re-examination of Hysterostomella, Mintera, Rhipidocarpon and Viegasella. Phytotaxa 458, 231–241.

Guatimosim E, Firmino A, Bezerra J, Pereira O, Barreto R, Crous P. 2015 – Towards a phylogenetic reappraisal of Parmulariaceae and Asterinaceae (Dothideomycetes). Persoonia 35, 230–241.  https://doi.org/10.3767/003158515X688046

 

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