Nothomicrosphaeropsis welwitschiae
Nothomicrosphaeropsis welwitschiae Crous, in Crous et al., Fungal Systematics and Evolution 7: 306 (2021).
Index Fungorum number: IF 839299; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11520, Fig. 1
Description: see Crous et al. (2021).
Material considered: see Crous et al. (2021).
Fig. 1 Nothomicrosphaeropsis welwitschiae (CBS H-24448, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 43 in Crous et al. 2021). a Pycnidial conidioma. b, c Conidiogenous cells. d Conidia. Scale bars: a = 100 µm, b–d = 5 µm.
Importance and distribution
Nothomicrosphaeropsis comprises only one species known on dead leaves of Welwitschia mirabilis (Welwitschiaceae) in Africa (Namibia).
Reference
Crous PW, Hernández-Restrepo M, Schumacher RK, Cowan DA et al. 2021 – New and Interesting Fungi. 4. Fungal systematics and evolution 7, 255–343.
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