Exosporiella fungorum
Exosporiella fungorum (Fr.) P. Karst., Finlands mögelsvampar, (Hyphomycetes fennici): 161 (1892).
≡ Epochnium fungorum Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 3(2): 449 (1832).
Index Fungorum number: IF 119016; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01025, Fig. 1, 2
Description: see Tian et al. (2015).
Material examined: see Tian et al. (2015).
Fig. 1 Exosporiella fungorum (redrawn from Seifert et al. 2011).
Fig. 2 Exosporiella fungorum (isotype of Anomalemma epochnii). a Specimens and herbarium label of Anomalemma epochnii. b Appearance of ascomata on the host surface. c, d Vertical section through peridium. Note the conidiogenous cell and conidia grouped on the adjacent stroma (arrowed in c). e Trabeculate pseudoparaphyses. f, g Asci. h, i Ascospores. j, k Conidiogenous cells. l, m Conidia. Scale bars: b = 500 μm, c = 20 μm, d = 10 μm, e–m = 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
Exosporiella comprises only one species known on the fungus Epochnium fungorum Fr. (Sclerotiniaceae) on bark in Europe (United Kingdom (England)).
References
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Tian Q, Liu JK, Hyde KD, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2015 – Phylogenetic relationships and morphological reappraisal of Melanommataceae (Pleosporales). Fungal Diversity 74, 267–324.
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