Pseudoleptosphaeria etheridgei
Pseudoleptosphaeria etheridgei (L.J. Hutchison & Y. Hirats.) Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde, in Ariyawansa et al., Fungal Diversity: 10.1007/s13225-015-0349-2, [24] (2015).
≡ Phoma etheridgei L.J. Hutchison & Y. Hirats., in Hutchison et al., Can. J. Bot. 72(10): 1425 (1994).
Index Fungorum number: IF 551470; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01163, Fig. 1
Description: see Ariyawansa et al. (2015).
Material considered: see Ariyawansa et al. (2015).
Fig. 1 Pseudoleptosphaeria etheridgei (≡ Phoma etheridgei, re-drawn from Hutchison et al. 1994). a Pycnidium. b Longitudinal section through pycnidium. c Conidiogenous cell. d Conidia. Scale bars: a = 100 μm, b = 50 μm, c, d = 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
Pseudoleptosphaeria comprises only one species known on the bark of gall on trunk of Populus tremuloides (Salicaceae) in North America (Canada (Alberta)).
References
Alves JL, Woudenberg JHC, Duarte LL, Crous PW, Barreto RW. 2013 – Reappraisal of the genus Alternariaster (dothideomycetes). Persoonia 31, 77.
Ariyawansa HA, Phukhamsakda C, Thambugala KM, Bulgakov TS et al. 2015 – Revision and phylogeny of Leptosphaeriaceae. Fungal Diversity 74, 19–51.
De Gruyter JD, Woudenberg JHC, Aveskamp AA, Verkley GJM, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW. 2013 – Redisposition of phoma-like anamorphs in pleosporales. Studies in Mycology 75, 1–36.
Hutchison LJ, Chakravarty P, Kawchuk LM, Hiratsuka Y. 1994 – Phoma etheridgei sp. nov. from black galls and cankers of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) and its potential role as a bioprotectant against the aspen decay pathogen Phellinus tremulae. Canadian Journal of Botany 72, 1424–1431.
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