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Astrosphaeriellopsis bakeriana

Astrosphaeriellopsis bakeriana (Sacc.) Jian K. Liu, Phook. & K.D. Hyde, in Phookamsak et al., Fungal Diversity: 10.1007/s13225-015-0352-7, [50] (2015).

≡ Winterina bakeriana Sacc., Bulletino dell'orto Botanico della R. Universitá di Napoli 6: 45 (1918).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 551649; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01241, Fig. 1

            Description: see Phookamsak et al. (2015).

            Material considered: see Phookamsak et al. (2015).

Fig. 1 Astrosphaeriellopsis bakeriana (MFLU 11-1149, holotype) a Appearance of ascostromata on host surface. b Section through ascostroma. c Pseudoparaphyses. d–f Asci. g–j Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 1000 μm, b = 100 μm, c, g–j = 10 μm, d–f = 30 μm.

Importance and distribution

Astrosphaeriellopsis comprises two species. Astrosphaeriellopsis bakeriana was found on dead leaves of Livistona sinensis (Arecaceae), A. caryotae was found on dead rachis of Caryota (Arecaceae) in Asia (Thailand).

 

References

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.

Saccardo PA. 1918 – 1. Fungi Singaporenses Bakeriani. 2. Fungi Abellinenses novi. Bollettino dell’Orto Botanico dell R. Univ Napoli 6, 39–73.

 

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