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Astrosphaeriella fusispora
Astrosphaeriella fusispora Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 11(3): 260 (1913).
Index Fungorum number: IF 197445; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00337, Fig. 1
Description: see Liu et al. (2011); Phookamsak et al. (2015).
Material considered: see Liu et al. (2011); Phookamsak et al. (2015).
Fig. 1 Astrosphaeriella fusispora (S-F11298, holotype). a Herbarium label and specimens. b, c Appearance of ascostromata on host surface. d Trabeculate pseudoparaphyses. e–g Asci. h–k Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 200 μm, c = 1000 μm, d, h–k = 10 μm, e–g = 50 μm.
Importance and distribution
There are 65 Astrosphaeriella epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but many have been transferred to other genera such as Astrosphaeriellopsis, Fissuroma, Javaria, Kirschsteiniothelia, Longicorpus, Mycomicrothelia, Pseudoastrosphaeriella, Rimora and Xenoastrosphaeriella. Astrosphaeriellopsis comprises 50 species known on a wide range of hosts such as Acoraceae, Arecaceae, Poaceae and Primulaceae. Astrosphaeriella has a worldwide distribution such as Asia (Brunei, Hong Kong, Indonesia (Java), Japan, Thailand), Australia (Queensland), Caribbean (Cuba), Oceania (Papua New Guinea), South America (Venezuela) and The United States (Florida).
References
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Hawksworth D, Boise J. 1985 – Some additional species of Astrosphaeriella, with a key to the members of the genus. Sydowia 38, 114–124.
Hawksworth DL. 1981 – Astrosphaeriella Sydow, a misunderstood genus of melanommataceous Pyrenomycetes. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 82, 35–59.
Hyde KD, Aptroot A, Fröhlich J, Taylor JE. 2000 – Fungi from palms. XLIII. Lophiostoma and Astrosphaeriella species with slit-like ostioles. Nova Hedwigia 70(1/2), 143–160.
Hyde KD, Fröhlich J.1998 – Fungi from palms XXXVII. the genus Astrosphaeriella, including ten new species. Sydowia 50, 81–132.
Liu JK, Phookamsak R, Jones EBG, Zhang Y et al. 2011 – Astrosphaeriella is polyphyletic, with species in Fissuroma gen. nov., and Neoastrosphaeriella gen. nov. Fungal Diversity 51, 135–154.
Phookamsak R, Norphanphoun C, Tanaka K, Dai DQ et al. 2015 – Towards a natural classification of Astrosphaeriella-like species; introducing Astrosphaeriellaceae and Pseudoastrosphaeriellaceae fam. nov. and Astrosphaeriellopsis, gen. nov. Fungal Diversity 74, 143–197.
Tanaka K, Harada Y. 2005 – Bambusicolous fungi in Japan (4): a new combination, Astrosphaeriella aggregata. Mycoscience 46,114–118.
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Zhang Y, Fournier J, Pointing SB, Hyde KD. 2008 –Are Melanomma pulvis-pyrius and Trematosphaeria pertusa congeneric? Fungal Diversity 33, 47–60.
