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Lophiopoacea paramacrostoma

Lophiopoacea paramacrostoma Ariyaw., Thambug., Camporesi & K.D. Hyde, in Thambugala et al., Fungal Diversity: 10.1007/s13225-015-0348-3, [23] (2015).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 551241; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00807, Fig. 1

Description: see Thambugala et al. (2015).

Material considered: see Thambugala et al. (2015).

 

Fig. 1 Lophiopoacea paramacrostoma (MFLU 14-0590, holotype, re-illustrated from Fig. 10 in Thambugala et al. 2015). a Appearance of ascomata on host surface. b Section through ascoma. c, d Peridium. note the ostiole in c. e Pseudoparaphyses. f Immature ascus. g Mature ascus with ascospores. h–k Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 100 μm, c, d = 50 μm, e = 10 μm, f–k = 20 μm.

Importance and distribution

Lophiopoacea comprises two species. Lophiopoacea paramacrostoma has been reported on Arundo pliniana (Poaceae) in Europe (Italy), while L. winteri was found on dead branches of Helianthemum (Cistaceae) in Europe (Switzerland).

 

Reference

Thambugala KM, Hyde KD, Tanaka K, Tian Q et al. 2015 – Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Lophiostomataceae, Floricolaceae, and Amorosiaceae fam.nov. Fungal Diversity 74, 199–266.

 

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