Semifissispora fusiformis
Semifissispora fusiformis H.J. Swart, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 78(2): 259 (1982).
Index Fungorum number: IF 111024; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03680, Fig. 1
Description: see Boonmee et al. (2017); Crous et al. (2017).
Material considered: see Boonmee et al. (2017); Crous et al. (2017).
Fig. 1 Semifissispora fusiformis (DAR 37064, holotype). a, b Herbarium label and specimen. c Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. d Section through ascomata. e Peridium. f Pseudoparaphyses. g–i Asci (h: stained in Melzer's reagent; i: stained in cotton blue). j–l Ascospores (k: stained in Melzer's reagent; l stained in cotton blue). Scale bars: d = 100 µm, e, g−l = 20 µm, f = 10 µm.
Importance and distribution
Semifissispora comprises five species known on Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae) in Australia and South Africa.
References
Boonmee S, Phookamsak R, Hongsanan S, Doilom M et al. 2017 – Mycosphere notes 51–101. Revision of genera in Perisporiopsidaceae and Pseudoperisporiaceae and other Ascomycota genera incertae sedis. Mycosphere 8, 1695–1801.
Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Burgess TI, Carnegie AJ et al. 2017 – Fungal Planet description sheets: 625–715. Persoonia 39, 270–467.
Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Le Roux JJ, Richardson DM et al. 2015 – Fungal Planet description sheets: 371–399. Persoonia 35, 264–327.
Recent News
Recent paper to be publishedRecent Genus
NothocladosporiumPhillipsiella
Curreya
Recent Species
Nothocladosporium syzygiiPhillipsiella atra
Curreya conorum
