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Lineostroma banksiae

Lineostroma banksiae (Cooke) H.J. Swart, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 91(3): 464 (1988).

≡ Didymosphaeria banksiae Cooke, Grevillea 19 (no. 92): 90 (1891).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 134625; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01293, Fig. 1

Description: see Swart (1988).

Material considered: see Swart (1988).

Fig. 1  Lineostroma banksiae (K(M) 143926, holotype). a Herbarium material. b Ascostromata on host surface. c Section of the ascostromata. d Peridium. e, f Asci. g, h Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 100 μm, d = 5 μm, e, f = 20 μm, g, h = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Lineostroma comprises only one species known on leaves of Banksia (Proteaceae) in Australia.

 

Reference

Swart HJ. 1988 – Australian leaf-inhabiting fungil. XXIX. Some ascomycetes on Banksia. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 91, 453–465.

 

 

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