Murangium sequoiae
Murangium sequoiae (Plowr.) Seaver, North American Cup-fungi, (Inoperculates) (New York): 368 (1951).
≡ Cenangium sequoiae Plowr., Grevillea 7(no. 41): 23 (1878).
Index Fungorum number: IF 301357; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00358, Fig. 1
Description: see Yacharoen et al. (2015).
Material considered: see Yacharoen et al. (2015).
Fig. 1 Murangium sequoiae (NY, n.P. v1. 23. 33, modified from Fig. 10 in Yacharoen et al. 2015). a Herbarium label and specimen. b Specimen. c Ascoma clustered on host surface. d Vertical section through ascoma. e Filamentous pseudoparaphyses. f, g Asci. h–k Ascospores. Scale bars: d = 300 μm, e = 40 μm, f, g = 50 μm, h–k = 30 μm.
Importance and distribution
Murangium comprises only one species known on bark of Sequoia gigantean (Cupressaceae) in The United States (California).
References
Bonar L. 1942 – Studies on some California fungi II. Mycologia 34, 180–192.
Erikson OE. 1982 – Outline of the Ascomycetes. Systema 12, 1–37.
Korf RP, Zhuang WY. 1987 – On the genus Pithyella and its later synonym, Helotiopsis (Leotiaceae). Mycotaxon 29, 1–10.
Seaver FJ. 1951 – The North American Cup-fungi (Inopercolates Edn). Seaver, F.J. New York, 428pp.
Yacharoen S, Tian Q, Chomnunti P, Boonmee S, Chukeatirote E, Bhat JD, Hyde KD. 2015 – Patellariaceae revisited. Mycosphere 6, 290–326.
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