Rhytidiella moriformis
Rhytidiella moriformis Zalasky, Can. J. Bot. 46(11): 1383 (1968).
Index Fungorum number: IF 338606; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11480, Fig. 1
Description: see Zalasky (1968).
Material examined: see Zalasky (1968).
Fig. 1 Rhytidiella moriformis (WINF(M) No. 3825, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 13 in Zalasky 1968). a Paraphyses. b Asci (A) showing the cap of a broken bitunicate ascus. (B) an immature ascus. c Ascospores tapered to a narrow lower end. d Mature ascus with ascospores. Scale bar = 50 μm.
Importance and distribution
Rhytidiella comprises four species known on Populus sp. (Salicaceae) and on exposed roots of Hebe elliptica (Plantaginaceae). Rhytidiella may be specific to host plant and families. Rhytidiella is geographically distributed in New Zealand (Antipodean Islands), North America (Canada (British Columbia)) and the United States (Alaska, California). Rhytidiella causes rough-bark disease of Populus balsamifera (Zalasky 1968).
References
Barr ME. 1987 – Prodromus to the class Loculoascomycetes. USA, published by the author, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Doilom M, Liu JK, Jaklitsch WM, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – An outline of the family Cucurbitariaceae. Sydowia 65, 167–192.
Zalasky H. 1968 – Rhytidiella moriformis n. gen., n. sp. causing rough–bark of Populus balsamifera. Canadian Journal of Botany 46, 1383–1387.
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