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Curreya conorum

Curreya conorum (Fuckel) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 2: 651 (1883).

            ≡ Homostegia conorum Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 29-30: 38 (1875) [1877-78].

            Index Fungorum number: IF 236916; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11537, Fig. 1

            Description: see Doilom et al. (2013).

            Material considered: see Doilom et al. (2013).

 

Figure. 1 Curreya conorum (S F8461, holotype, modified from Figs. 25–37 in Doilom et al. 2013). a Appearance of ascomata on host. b Section of ascoma. c Section through peridium. d Pseudoparaphyses. e–g Asci. h, i Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 100 μm, c = 10 μm, e–g = 20 μm, d = 5 μm.

 

Role and distribution

Species of Curreya are saprobic and occur on dead branches of Cornus (Cornaceae), Nemopanthes mucronata (Aquifoliaceae), scales of fallen cones of Pinus sylvestris (Pinaceae) and Rhus typhina (Anacardiaceae). Curreya has been reported from Europe (Germany, Luxembourg) and The United States (Kentucky, New York).

 

References

Arx JA. von, van der Aa HA. 1983 – Notes on Curreya (Ascomycetes, Dothideales). Sydowia 36, 1–5.

Barr M. E. 1981 – The genus Curreya: an example of taxonomic confusion in the Ascomycetes. Mycologia 73, 599–609.

Barr ME. 1990b – Some dictyosporous genera and species of Pleosporales in North America. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 62, 1–92.

Petrak F. 1940 – Über die Gattung Curreya. Annals of Mycology 38, 215–216.

Saccardo PA. 1883b – Sylloge Fungorum 2. Italy, Pavia, p 815.

Theissen F, Sydow H. 1915 – Die Dothideales. Kritisch-systematische riginaluntersuchungen. Annales Mycologici 13, 147–746.

 

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