Hypsostroma saxicola
Hypsostroma saxicola Huhndorf, Mycologia 84(5): 750 (1992).
Index Fungorum number: IF 360174; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08255, Fig. 1
Description: see Huhndorf (1992, 1994); Mugambi and Huhndorf (2009).
Material considered: see Huhndorf (1992, 1994); Mugambi and Huhndorf (2009).
Fig. 1 Hypsostroma saxicola (NY 01047188, holotype, modified from Fig. 55 in Hyde et al. 2003). a Ascomata on rock. b Vertical section through ascoma. c Peridium. d Pseudoparaphyses. e Asci with ascospores. Scale bars: b = 500 μm, c = 200 μm, d = 20 μm, e = 50 μm.
Importance and distribution
Hypsostroma comprises two species. Hypsostroma caimitalense was found on decorticated wood in South America (Venezuela) while H. saxicola was found on rock in Caribbean (Dominican Republic).
References
Huhndorf SM. 1992 – Neotropical ascomycetes 2. Hypsostroma, a new genus from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. Mycologia 84, 750–758.
Huhndorf SM. 1994 – Neotropical Ascomycetes 5. Hypsostromataceae, a new family of Loculoascomycetes and Manglicola samuelsii, a new species from Guyana. Mycologia 86, 266–269.
Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.
Mugambi GK, Huhndorf SM. 2009 – Molecular phylogenetics of Pleosporales: Melanommataceae and Lophiostomataceae recircumscribed (Plesporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota). Studies in Mycology 64, 103–121.
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