Sclerotiophoma versabilis
Sclerotiophoma versabilis (Boerema, Loer. & Hamers) L.W. Hou, L. Cai & Crous, in Hou, et al., Stud. Mycol. 96: 351 (2020).
≡ Phoma versabilis Boerema, Loer. & Hamers, Persoonia 16(2): 154 (1996).
Index Fungorum number: IF 833530; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11532, Fig. 1
Description: see Hou et al. (2020).
Material considered: see Hou et al. (2020).
Fig. 1 Sclerotiophoma versabilis (re-drawn from Fig. 3 in Boerema et al. 1996). a Colony on PDA (re-drawn from Fig. 22E in Hou et al. 2020). b Section through pycnidium showing compact mass of cells (pycnosclerotia). c Loose cells of pycnosclerotia. d Conidiogenous cells. e Conidia. Scale bars: b = 50 μm, c–e = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Sclerotiophoma comprises only one species known on dead stems of Cardamine impatiens (Brassicaceae) in Europe (Germany). Comprehensive studies are needed to discover more species of Sclerotiophoma.
References
Boerema GH, Loerakker WM, Hamers MEC. 1996 – Contributions towards a monograph of Phoma (Coelomycetes) – III. 2. Misapplications of the type species name and the generic synonyms of section Plenodomus (Excluded species). Persoonia 16, 141–190.
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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