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Protothyrium salvadorae

Protothyrium salvadorae (Cooke) G. Arnaud, Annals d'École National d'Agric. de Montpellier, Série 2 16(1-4): 101 (1918) [1917].

≡ Phyllachora salvadorae Cooke, Grevillea 13(no. 67): 65 (1885).            

Index Fungorum number: IF 170226; Facesoffungi number: FoF 02332,    Fig. 1

Description: see Inácio and Cannon (2008).

Material considered: see Inácio and Cannon (2008).

Fig. 1 Protothyrium salvadorae (IMI 82534, re-drawn from Fig. 85F in Inácio and Cannon 2008). a Appearance of dark stromatic ascospores. b Vertical section through ascoma. c Upper wall margin. d Ascus. e, f Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 0.5 mm, b = 20 μm, c–f = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Protothyrium comprises three species known on Piper (Piperaceae), leaves of Tricalysia lanceolata (Rubiaceae), living leaves of Trichilia havanensis and T. oerstediana (Meliaceae). Protothyrium is reported from Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natala), Asia (India, Malaysia, Yemen) and Central America (Costa Rica).

 

References

Cooke MC. 1885 – Synopsis pyrenomycetum. Grevillea 13(67), 61–72.

Inácio CA, Cannon PF. 2008 – The genera of the Parmulariaceae. CBS Biodiversity Series vol. 8. Utrecht, Netherlands: CBS Biodiversity Centre, 196 p.

 

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