Karstenula rhodostoma
Karstenula rhodostoma (Alb. & Schwein.) Speg., Decades Mycologicae Italicae 7-12: no. 94 (1879).
≡ Sphaeria rhodostoma Alb. & Schwein., Consp. fung. (Leipzig): 43 (1805).
Index Fungorum number: IF 227846; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00043, Fig. 1
Description: see Ariyawansa et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Ariyawansa et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Karstenula rhodostoma (PH 01048835, holotype of Sphaeria rhodostoma modified from Fig. 8 in Ariyawansa et al. 2014). a Herbarium label and specimen. b Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. c Section through ascoma. d Peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f, g Asci. h–j Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 100 μm, d, h–j = 20 μm, e = 10 μm, f, g = 50 μm.
Importance and distribution
There are 30 Karstenula epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Chaetoplea, Massariosphaeria, Murispora, Mycothyridium, Pleospora and Thyridium. Karstenula comprises 22 species known on wide range of plants such as Adenocarpus foliolosus (Fabaceae), Alnus sp. (Betulaceae), Asimina triloba (Annonaceae), Capparis aphylla (Capparaceae), Eucalyptus nitens (Myrtaceae), Frangula alnus (Rhamnaceae), Juncus sp. (Juncaceae), Ptelea trifoliata (Rutaceae), Rhamnus frangula (Rhamnaceae), Scirpus holoschoenus (Cyperaceae), Sorbus sp. (Rosaceae) and Vitis sp. (Vitaceae). Karstenula is known from Africa (Canary Islands), Asia (Pakistan), Australia (Tasmania), Europe (Georgia, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom) and The United States (Maine, Maryland).
References
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