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Alloleptosphaeria italica

Alloleptosphaeria italica Wanas., Camporesi, Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde, in Ariyawansa et al., Fungal Diversity: 10.1007/s13225-015-0349-2, [11] (2015).

Index Fungorum number: IF 551461; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01153, Fig. 1

Description: see Ariyawansa et al. (2015).

       Material examined:  ITALY, Forlì-Cesena Province, San Piero in Bagno, Valbonella, dead and hanging branches of Clematis vitalba (Ranunculaceae), 27 Sep. 2013, E. Camporesi (MFLU 15-1517, holotype); ex-type living culture, MFLUCC 14- 0934.

 

 

Fig. 1 Alloleptosphaeria italica (MFLU 15-1517, holotype). a Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. b Section of ascoma. c Peridium. d Pseudoparaphyses. e–h Asci.  i–n Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 1000 µm, b = 50 µm, c = 20 µm, d, i–n = 10 µm, e–h = 50 µm.

 

Importance and distribution

Alloleptosphaeria comprises three species known on Clematis subumbellata (Ranunculaceae), Clematis vitalba and Iris sp. (Iridaceae). Alloleptosphaeria is known from Asia (Thailand) and Europe (Italy, England).

 

Reference

Ariyawansa HA, Phukhamsakda C, Thambugala KM, Bulgakov TS et al. 2015 – Revision and phylogeny of Leptosphaeriaceae. Fungal Diversity 74, 19–51.

 

 

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