Pseudodidymocyrtis lobariellae
Pseudodidymocyrtis lobariellae Flakus, Rodr. Flakus & Etayo, in Flakus et al., Plant and Fungal Systematics 64(2): 310 (2019).
Index Fungorum number: IF 833338; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11543, Fig. 1
Description: see Flakus et al. (2019).
Material considered: see Flakus et al. (2019).
Fig. 1 Pseudodidymocyrtis lobariellae (A.F. 25130, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 18 in Flakus et al. 2019). a Ascomata immersed in the host thallus. b Section through ascomata. c Peridium. d Asci. e, f Ascospores (f: with gelatinous sheath). Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b = 50 μm, c, d = 10 μm, e, f = 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
Pseudodidymocyrtis comprises only one lichenicolous species known on Lobariella pallida (Peltigeraceae) in South America (Bolivia).
References
Ertz D, Diederich P, Lawrey JD, Berger F et al. 2015 – Phylogenetic insights resolve Dacampiaceae (Pleosporales) as polyphyletic: Didymocyrtis (Pleosporales, Phaeosphaeriaceae) with Phoma-like anamorphs resurrected and segregated form Polycoccum (Trypetheliales, Polycoccaceae fam. nov.). Fungal Diversity 74, 53–89.
Flakus A, Etayo J, Miadlikowska J, Lutzoni F, Kukwa M, Matura N, Rodriguez-Flakus P. 2019 –Biodiversity assessment of ascomycetes inhabiting Lobariella lichens in Andean cloud forests led to one new family, three new genera and 13 new species of lichenicolous fungi. Plant and Fungal Systematics 64, 283–344.
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