Placosoma nothopanacis
Placosoma nothopanacis Syd., Annls mycol. 22(3/6): 303 (1924).
Index Fungorum number: IF 272451; Facesoffungi number: FoF11982, Fig. 1
Description: see Sivanesan (1984) and Hongsanan et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Sivanesan (1984) and Hongsanan et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Placosoma nothopanacis (PDD 1003, holotype). a Herbarium specimen. b Appearance of stromata on the leaf surface. c Squash mount of stroma in lactic acid. d Section through ascomata. e, f Asci. g, h Ascospores (Note the lower mucilaginous pad). Scale bars: b = 1 mm, c = 100 μm, d = 20 μm, e, f = 10 μm, g, h = 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
Placosoma comprises two species. Placosoma nothopanacis was found on living leaves of Nothopanax colensoi (Araliaceae) in New Zealand while P. salvadorae was reported on leaves of Salvadora persica (Salvadoraceae) in Asia (India-Rajasthan).
References
Hongsanan S, Li YM, Liu JK, Hofmann T et al. 2014 – Revision of genera in Asterinales. Fungal Diversity 68, 1– 68.
Sivanesan A. 1984 – The Bitunicate Ascomycetes and their anamorphs, pp 701.
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