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Ligninsphaeriopsis thailandica

Ligninsphaeriopsis thailandica Phukhams. & J.K. Feng, in Hongsanan et al., Mycosphere 11(1): 1866 (2020).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 556784; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08266, Fig. 1

Description: see Hongsanan et al. (2020a).

Material considered: see Hongsanan et al. (2020a).

Fig. 1 Ligninsphaeriopsis thailandica (MFLU 20-0423, holotype). a Ascomata on host substrate. b Close up of ascomata. c Section through ascoma. d Ostiole. e Peridium. f Pseudoparaphyses. g, h Asci. i–l Ascospores. Scale bars: b, c, g, h = 200 μm, d = 50 μm, e, f = 20 μm, i–l = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Ligninsphaeriopsis comprises only one species known on submerged wood in Asia (Thailand).

 

Reference

Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2020a – Refined families of Dothideomycetes: Dothideomycetidae and Pleosporomycetidae. Mycosphere 11,1553–2107.

 

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