Vaginatispora aquatica
Vaginatispora aquatica K.D. Hyde, Nova Hedwigia 61(1-2): 235 (1995).
Index Fungorum number: IF 414352; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11587, Fig. 1
Description: see Thambugala et al. (2015).
Material examined: see Thambugala et al. (2015).
Fig. 1 Vaginatispora spp. (a–i Vaginatispora aquatica) (MFLU 19–0994, holotype). a Appearance of ascomata on wood. b Sections of ascomata. c Peridium. d Pseudoparaphyses e, f Asci. g, h, i Ascospores. j–r V. fuckelii (HHUF 27325). j Appearance of ascomata on wood. k Sections of ascomata. l Peridium m Pseudoparaphyses n, o Asci. p-r Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 200 μm, c = 50 μm, d, g, h = 20 μm, e, f = 30 μm i, k = 50 μm, l, n–r = 10 μm, m = 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
Industrial relevance and applications
Vaginatispora is useful for pharmaceutical industry as V. aquatica produces antibacterial polyketide Oxasetin (He et al. 2002). There are nine Vaginatispora epithets in Index Fungorum (2022) but V. fuckelii has been transferred to Neovaginatispora. Vaginatispora comprises eight species known on four host plants Aegiceras corniculatum (Primulaceae), Amygdalus persica (Rosaceae), Nypa fruticans (Arecaceae) and Rhizophora mucronata (Rhizophoraceae). Vaginatispora is distributed in Asia (Andaman Island, India (Tamil Nadu), Japan, Thailand) and Australia.
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