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Ochraceocephala foeniculi

Ochraceocephala foeniculi Voglmayr & Aiello, in Aiello et al., MycoKeys 66: 14 (2020).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 833934; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11566, Fig.  1

Description: see Aiello et al. (2020).

Material considered: see Aiello et al. (2020).

 

 

Fig. 1 Ochraceocephala foeniculi (WU 40034, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 3 in Aiello et al. 2020). a Culture on MEA. b, f Conidiophores with phialides. c, d Conidiophores with polyphialide (arrow). e Phialides with collarettes (arrows). g Verticillately branched conidiophores. h Conidia. Scale bars: b–g, h = 10 μm, e = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Ochraceocephala comprises only one species pathogenic on crown, roots and stems of living Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae) in Europe (Italy).

 

Reference

Aiello D, Vitale A, Polizzi G, Voglmayr H. 2020 – Ochraceocephala foeniculi gen. et sp. nov., a new pathogen causing crown rot of fennel in Italy. MycoKeys 66, 1–22.

 

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