Pseudosplanchnonema phorcioides
Pseudosplanchnonema phorcioides (I. Miyake) Chethana, Camporesi & K.D. Hyde, in Chethana et al., Phytotaxa 231(2): 139 (2015).
≡ Massaria phorcioides I. Miyake, Techn. Rep. Imper. Sericult. Exp. Stat. Tokyo 1: 316 (1916).
Index Fungorum number: IF 550800; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00199, Fig. 1
Description: see Chethana et al. (2015); Hyde et al. (2020).
Material considered: see Chethana et al. (2015); Hyde et al. (2020).
Fig. 1 Pseudosplanchnonema phorcioides (MFLU 17–2062, re-illustrated from Hyde et al. 2020). a, b Appearance of ascomata on host surface. c Vertical section through the ascoma. d Peridium. e Hamathecium. f–h Asci. i–p Ascospores (p: Indian ink showing surrounding mucilaginous sheath). q Germinating ascospores. r, s Culture characteristics on MEA (q: above view; r: reverse view). Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b, c = 100 μm, d = 5 μm, e–g, i–m = 10 μm, h = 20 μm.
Importance and distribution
Pseudosplanchnonema comprises only one species known on dead branches of Morus sp. (Moraceae) and Prunus tomentosa (Rosaceae). Pseudosplanchnonema is reported from Asia (Russia) and Europe (Italy).
References
Chethana KWT, Liu M, Ariyawansa HA, Konta S et al. 2015 – Splanchnonema-like species in Pleosporales: introducing Pseudosplanchnonema gen. nov. in Massarinaceae. Phytotaxa 231, 133–144.
Liu JK, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Ariyawansa HA et al. 2015 – Fungal diversity notes 1–110: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal species. Fungal Diversity 72, 1–197.
Zhang Y, Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD. 2012 – Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 53, 1–221.
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