Placostromella macrospora
Placostromella macrospora Petr., Sydowia 1(1-3): 9 (1947).
Index Fungorum number: IF 289711; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11983, Fig. 1
Description: see Inácio et al. (2005) and Thambugala et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Inácio et al. (2005) and Thambugala et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Placostromella macrospora (W, holotype). a Herbarium label. b Appearance of ascostromata on host surface. c Peridium. d Section through ascoma. e–g Asci with ascospores. h–j Ascospores. Scale bars: c, h–j = 20 μm, d, e–g = 50 μm.
Importance and distribution
Placostromella comprises three species known on leaves of Castanopsis tribuloides and C. ceratacantha (Fagaceae). Placostromella is reported from Asia (China, India) and South America (Brazil).
References
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Eriksson OE. 1984 – Outline of the ascomycetes. Systema Ascomycetum 3, 1−72.
Hawksworth DL, Kirk PM, Sutton BC, Pegler DN. 1995 – Ainsworth & Bisby’s dictionary of the fungi, 8th edn. CAB International, Wallingford.
Inácio CA, Cannon PF, Ferry BF. 2005 – Revision of the genus Placostromella and inclusion of Palawaniella castanopsis as a third species. Mycological Progress 4, 133–137.
Kapoor JN. 1968 − New microfungi from India. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 51, 328−333.
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Thambugala KM, Ariyawansa HA, Liu ZY, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD. 2014b – Towards a natural classification of Dothideomycetes 6: The genera Dolabra, Placostromella, Pleosphaerellula, Polysporidiella and Pseudotrichia (Dothideomycetes incertae sedis). Phytotaxa 176, 55–67.
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