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Colensoniella torulispora

Colensoniella torulispora (W. Phillips) Hafellner, Beih. Nova Hedwigia 62: 160 (1979).

≡ Patellaria torulispora W. Phillips, Grevillea 15(no. 73): 16 (1886).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 311449; Facesoffungi number: FoF11986, Fig. 1

Description: see Tian et al. (2014).

Material considered: see Tian et al. (2014).

Fig. 1 Colensoniella torulispora (K(M) 181456, isotype, modified from Fig. 3 in Tian et al. 2014). a, b Herbarium material. c Apothecia on host surface. d–e Section through mature apothecium. f–i Asci. j Subhymenium and excipulum cells. k Hamathecium. l Part ascospores. Scale bars: c = 1000 µm, d = 50 µm, e, j = 20 µm, f–h, k = 10 µm, i, l = 5 µm.

Importance and distribution

Colensoniella comprises only one species known on bark of dead tree in Oceania (New Zealand).

 

Reference

Tian Q, Chomnunti P, Bhat JD, Alias SA et al. 2014 – Towards a natural classification of Dothideomycetes 5: The genera Ascostratum, Chaetoscutula, Ceratocarpia, Cystocoleus, and Colensoniella (Dothideomycetes incertae sedis). Phytotaxa 176, 42–54.

 

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