Macroascochyta grandis
Macroascochyta grandis L.W. Hou, L. Cai & Crous, in Hou et al., Stud. Mycol. 96: 333 (2020).
Index Fungorum number: IF 833498; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11515, Fig. 1
Description: see Hou et al. (2020).
Material considered: see Hou et al. (2020).
Fig. 1 Macroascochyta grandis (CBS 100409, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 10 in Hou et al. 2020). a Conidiomata on OA. b Squash mount of pycnidium. c Section through pycnidium. d Section of pycnidial wall. e, f Conidiogenous cells. g Conidia. h Chlamydospores. Scale bars: a = 100 μm, b, c = 50 μm, d–h = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Macroascochyta comprises only one species known from Tradescantia sp. (Commelinaceae) and is of post entry quarantine in New Zealand.
Reference
Hou LW, Groenewald JZ, Pfenning LH, Yarden O, Crous PW, Cai L. 2020 − The phoma-like dilemma. Studies in Mycology 96, 309–396.
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