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Montagnula infernalis

Montagnula infernalis (Niessl) Berl., Icon. fung. (Abellini) 2(2-3): 68 (1896).

≡ Leptosphaeria infernalis Niessl, Inst. Rev. Cient. Litt., Coimbra 31: 13 (1883).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 180704; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00049, Fig. 1

Description: see Ariyawansa et al. (2014).

Material considered: see Ariyawansa et al. (2014).

Fig. 1 Montagnula infernalis (M 1183, holotype of Leptosphaeria infernalis) a–c Herbarium label and fungus on the herbarium material. d Ascoma in horizontal section. e Section through peridium. f Cellular pseudoparaphyses. g, h Asci. Scale bars: b, c = 500 μm, d = 100 μm, e, g, h = 50 μm, f = 20 μm.

Importance and distribution

There are 44 records of Montagnula in Index Fungorum (2022), but some species have been transferred to Chaetomastia, Cucurbitaria, Paramassariosphaeria and Pseudodidymosphaeria. Montagnula comprises 33 species known on several host plants within Asparagaceae, Asphodelaceae, Asteraceae, Caprifoliaceae and Poaceae. Montagnula is known from Asia (Hong Kong, Thailand), Europe (Italy, Portugal), South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) and The United States (Texas).

 

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.

Barr ME. 2001 – Montagnulaceae, a new family in the Pleosporales and lectotypification of Didymosphaerella. Mycotaxon 77, 193–200.

Crivelli PG. 1983 – Über die heterogene Ascomycetengattung Pleospora Rabh.: vorschlag für eine Aufteilung. Dissertation ETH Nr. 7318, Zürich, Germany.

Leuchtmann A. 1984 – Über Phaeosphaeria Miyake und andere bitunicate Ascomyceten mit mehrfach querseptierten Ascosporen. Sydowia 37, 75–194.

Shearer CA, Raja HA, Miller AN, Nelson P et al. 2009 – The molecular phylogeny of freshwater Dothideomycetes. Studies in Mycology 64, 145–153.

Wehmeyer LE. 1957– The genus Montagnula. Berl. Sydowia Beih 1, 257–263.

Zhang Y, Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD. 2012 – Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 52, 1–225.

Zhang Y, Fournier J, Crous PW, Pointing SB, Hyde KD. 2009 – Phylogenetic and morphological assessment of two new species of Amniculicola and their allies (Pleosporales). Persoonia 23, 48–54.

 

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