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Phragmocamarosporium platani

Phragmocamarosporium platani Wijayaw., Yong Wang bis & K.D. Hyde, in Wijayawardene et al., Cryptog. Mycol. 36(2): 217 (2015).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 551085; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00466, Fig. 1

Description: see Wijayawardene et al. (2016).

Material considered: see Wijayawardene et al. (2016).

 

Fig. 1 Phragmocamarosporium platani (MFLU 15-0164, holotype). a Herbarium specimen. b Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. c Section through ascoma. d Peridium. e Developing conidia attached to conidiogenous cells. f Conidia. Scale bars: c, d = 100 μm, e, f = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Phragmocamarosporium comprises three species. Phragmocamarosporium hederae was found on twigs of Hedera helix (Araliaceae) in Europe (Germany). Phragmocamarosporium platani was reported on branch of Platanus (Platanaceae) in Asia (China (Guizhou)). Phragmocamarosporium rosae was found on spines of Rosa canina (Rosaceae) in Europe (United Kingdom).

 

References

Ellis JB, Everhart BM. 1900 – New   species            of         fungi   from    various localities  with notes   on        some published species. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club            27,       49–64.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Bhat DJ, Goonasekara ID et al. 2015 – Additions to Brown Spored Coelomycetous Taxa in Massarinae, Pleosporales: Introducing Phragmocamarosporium gen. nov. and Suttonomyces gen. nov. Cryptogamie Mycologie 36, 213–224.

 

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