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Ascocratera manglicola

Ascocratera manglicola Kohlm., Can. J. Bot. 64(12): 3036 (1986).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 129001; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06157, Fig. 1

Description: see Kohlmeyer (1986).

Material considered: see Kohlmeyer (1986).

Fig. 1 Ascocratera manglicola (MFLU 17-2588). a, b Ascomata on decaying wood. c Section of ascoma. d Pseudoparaphyses. e, f Asci. g–j Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 1000 μm, b = 100 μm, c–j = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Ascocratera comprises only one species known on dead submerged branches of Rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae) in Central America (Belize).

 

Reference

Kohlmeyer J. 1986 – Ascocratera manglicola gen. et sp. nov. and key to the marine Loculoascomycetes on mangroves. Canadian Journal of Botany 64, 3036–3042.

 

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