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Rhipidocarpon javanicum

Rhipidocarpon javanicum (Pat.) Theiss. & Syd., Annls mycol. 13(3/4): 197 (1915).

≡ Schneepia javanica Pat., Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, suppl. 1: 122 (1897).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 195038; Facesoffungi number: FoF 02338, Fig. 1

Description: see Dai et al. (2020).

Material considered: see Dai et al. (2020).

Fig. 1 Rhipidocarpon javanicum (S, F21036, modified from Fig. 4 in Dai et al. 2020). a Herbarium specimen. b, c Black ascostromata on the host surface. d Vertical sections of ascostroma showing locules. e Upper wall of ascostroma. f Pseudoparaphyses. g, h Asci. i, j Ascospores. Scale bars: b, d = 50 μm, c = 1 mm, e = 20 μm, f = 5 μm, g–j = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Rhipidocarpon comprises only one species known on living leaves of palm (Arecaceae) in Asia (Indonesia).

 

Reference

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.

 

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