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Nothophoma infossa

Nothophoma infossa (Ellis & Everh.) Qian Chen & L. Cai, in Chen et al., Stud. Mycol. 82: 213 (2015).

≡ Phoma infossa Ellis & Everh., J. Mycol. 4(10): 102 (1888).

 Index Fungorum number: IF 814088; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11521, Fig. 1

Description: see Chen et al. (2015).

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

Fig. 1 Nothophoma spp. a, c, e Phoma infossa, CBS H20145 ex neotype, re-drawn from Fig. 5 in Aveskamp et al. 2009). a Pycnidia. c Chlamydospores. e Conidia. b, d N. macrospora (ex-type CBS 140674, re-drawn from Fig. 36 in Marin-Felix et al. 2019). b Conidiogenous cells. d Conidia. Scale bars: a = 50 µm, b, d, e = 10 µm, c = 20 µm.

Importance and distribution

Nothophoma species exist as endophytes, pathogens or saprobes. Nothophoma comprises eleven species known on several hosts in Amaryllidaceae, Anacardiaceae, Apocynaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Fagaceae, Haemodoraceae, Malvaceae, Oleaceae, Rosaceae, Rhamnaceae and Rutaceae. Nothophoma has been reported from Asia (China (Beijing), India (Maharashtra), Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand) and The United States (Arizona, South Carolina, New York).

 

References

Aveskamp MM, Verkley GJM, Gruyter J de, Murace MA et al. 2009 – DNA phylogeny reveals polyphyly of Phoma section Peyronellaea and multiple taxonomic novelties. Mycologia 101, 363–382.

Chen Q, Jiang JR, Zhang GZ, Cai L, Crous PW. 2015 – Resolving the Phoma enigma. Studies in Mycology 82, 137–217.

Marin-Felix Y, Hernández-Restrepo M, Iturrieta-González I, García D et al. 2019 – Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 3. Studies in Mycology 94, 1–124.

 

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