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Didymocrea sadasivanii

Didymocrea sadasivanii (T.K.R. Reddy) Kowalski, Mycologia 57(3): 405 (1965).

≡ Didymosphaeria sadasivanii T.K.R. Reddy, Mycologia 53(5): 471 (1962) [1961].

Index Fungorum number: IF 119463; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11538, Fig. 1

Description: see Reddy (1961); Jayasiri et al. (2019).

Material considered: see Reddy (1961); Jayasiri et al. (2019).

Fig. 1 Didymocrea leucaenae (MFLU 18-2092, holotype). a Host Leucaena leucocephala pod. b Sporodochia and conidia. c–g Conidia. Scale bars: b = 1 cm, c–g = 20 μm.

Importance and distribution

Didymocrea comprises two species. Didymocrea leucaenae has been reported on decaying pod of Leucaena (Fabaceae) in Asia (Thailand), D. sadasivanii was found from rhizosphere of Oryza sativa (Poaceae) in Asia (India (Tamil Nadu)).

References

Aptroot A. 1995 – A monograph of Didymosphaeria. Studies in Mycology 37, 1–160.

Ariyawansa HA, Tanaka K, Thambugala KM, Phookamsak R et al. 2014 – A molecular phylogenetic reappraisal of the Didymosphaeriaceae (= Montagnulaceae). Fungal Diversity 68, 69–104.

Jayasiri SC, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2019 – Diversity, morphology and molecular phylogeny of Dothideomycetes on decaying wild seed pods and fruits. Mycosphere 10, 1–186.

Kowalski DT. 1965 – The development and cytology of Didymocrea sadasavanii. Mycologia 57, 404–416.

Luttrell ES. 1975 – Centrum development in Didymosphaeria sadasivanii (Pleosporales). American Journal of Botany 62, 186–190.

Reddy TKR. 1961 – A new species of Didymosphaeria from the Rhizosphere. Mycologia 53, 5.

Tanaka K, Hirayama K, Yonezawa H, Sato G et al. 2015 – Revision of the Massarineae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes). Studies in Mycology 82, 75–136.

Zhang Y, Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD. 2012 – Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 53, 221.

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