Pseudoasteromassaria fagi
Pseudoasteromassaria fagi M. Matsum. & Kaz. Tanaka, in Ariyawansa et al., Fungal Diversity: 10.1007/s13225-015-0346-5, [53] (2015).
Index Fungorum number: IF 551435; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00964, Fig. 1
Description: see Ariyawansa et al. (2015).
Material considered: see Ariyawansa et al. (2015).
Fig. 1 Pseudoasteromassaria fagi (a, e, f HHUF 30472; b, c, d, g HHUF 30471 holotype; h, k, l, m, n, culture MAFF 245221, modified from Ariyawansa et al. 2015). a Appearance of ascomata on host surface. b Ascoma in longitudinal section. c Peridium. d Pseudoparaphyses. e, f Asci. g, h Ascospores. i, j Conidiomata on rice straw in culture. k Conidioma in longitudinal section. l Conidiogenous cells. m, n Conidia. Scale bars: a, j = 200 μm, b, k = 100 μm, c–h, i–n = 10 μm, i = 500 μm.
Importance and distribution
Pseudoasteromassaria comprises three species. Pseudoasteromassaria aquatica and P. spadicea have been reported from decaying wood, submerged in freshwater in Asia (Thailand). Pseudoasteromassaria fagi is known from twigs of Fagus crenata (Fagaceae) in Asia (Japan).
References
Ariyawansa HA, Hyde KD, Jayasiri SC, Buyck B et al. 2015 – Fungal diversity notes 111–252–taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 75, 27–274.
Fischer H. 1944 – Untersuchungen über Massariamacrospora (Desm.) Sacc., ihre Nebenfruchtform Coryneum macrosporum Berk. Und Asterosporium Hoffmanni Kze. Phytopathology Z 14, 512–517.
Sivanesan A. 1984 – The bitunicate ascomycetes and their anamorphs. J. Cramer, Vaduz.
Spooner BM, Kirk PM. 1982 – Taxonomic notes on Excipularia and Scolicosporium. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 78, 247–257.
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