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Asymmetricospora calamicola

Asymmetricospora calamicola J. Fröhl. & K.D. Hyde, Sydowia 50(2): 184 (1998).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 450164; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00759, Fig. 1

Description: see Fröhlich and Hyde (1998).

Material considered: see Fröhlich and Hyde (1998).

Fig. 1 Asymmetricospora calamicola (HKU(M) JF293, holotype). a Herbarium label. b Appearance of pseudostromata on the host surface. c Section through ascomata. d Peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f, g Asci. h–k Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 500 μm, c = 100 μm, d–g = 10 μm, h–k = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Asymmetricospora comprises only one species known on dead stem of Calamus caryotoides (Arecaceae) in Australia (Queensland).

 

Reference

Fröhlich J, Hyde KD. 1998 – Fungi from palms. XXXIX. Asymmetricospora gen. et sp. nov. (Melanommataceae). Sydowia 50, 182–186.

 

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