Calyptronectria platensis
Calyptronectria platensis Speg., Anal. Mus. nac. B. Aires, Ser. 3 12: 412 (1909)
Index Fungorum number: IF 816147; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01038 , Fig. 1
Description: see Spegazzini (1909); Zhang et al. (2012).
Material considered: see Spegazzini (1909); Zhang et al. (2012).
Fig. 1 Calyptronectria platensis (LPS 1209, holotype, modified from Fig. 18 in Zhang et al. 2012). a Appearance of ascomata on the substrate. b Section of an ascoma. c Peridium. d Asci. e–h Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 0.5 mm, b = 100 µm, c = 20 µm, d–h = 10 µm.
Importance and distribution
There are four Calyptronectria epithet in Index Fungorum (2022), but C. ohiensis has been transferred to Mattirolia. Calyptronectria comprises three species known on three host plants in Annonaceae, Apiaceae and Euphorbiaceae. Calyptronectria has been reported from Asia (India (Maharashtra)) and South America (Argentina (Buenos Aires)).
References
Spegazzini C. 1909 – Mycetes Argentinenses. Series IV. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Buenos Aires 19, 257–458.
Tian Q, Liu JK, Hyde KD, Wanasinghe DN, Boonmee S et al. 2015 – Phylogenetic relationships and morphological reappraisal of Melanommataceae (Pleosporales). Fungal Diversity 74, 267–324.
Zhang Y, Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD. 2012 – Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 53, 1–221.
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