Fusiconidium mackenziei
Fusiconidium mackenziei Jun F. Li, Phook., Camporesi & K.D. Hyde, in Li et al., Phytotaxa 308(2): 211 (2017).
Index Fungorum number: IF 817937; Facesoffungi number: FoF 02484, Fig. 1
Description: see Li et al. (2017).
Material considered: see Li et al. (2017).
Fig. 1 Fusiconidium mackenziei (MFLU 16-2139, holotype). a Colonies on dead branch of Clematis vitalba. b, c Conidiophores bearing conidia. d, e Conidia. Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b–e= 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Fusiconidium comprises three species. Fusiconidium aquaticum was reported on dead branch of Clematis vitalba (Ranunculaceae) in Europe (Italy). Fusiconidium indicum was found on leaves of Mesua ferrea (Calophyllaceae) in Asia (India (Meghalaya)). F. mackenziei is known on branch of Clematis vitalba (Ranunculaceae) in Europe (Italy). One species F. lycopodiellae has been synonymized and transferred to Camposporium.
References
Li J, Jeewon R, Luo ZL, Phookamsak R et al. 2017 – Morphological characterization and DNA based taxonomy of Fusiconidium gen. nov. with two novel taxa within Melanommataceae (Pleosporales). Phytotaxa 308, 206. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.308.2.2
Mason EW, Hughes SJ. 1951 – Phragmocephala gen. nov., hyphomycetarum. Naturalist 97–105.
Su HY, Udayanga D, Luo ZL, Manamgoda DS et al. 2015 – Hyphomycetes from aquatic habitats in Southern China: Species of Curvularia (Pleosporaceae) and Phragmocephala (Melannomataceae). Phytotaxa 226, 201–216. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.226.3.1
Tian Q, Liu JK, Hyde KD, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2015 – Phylogenetic relationships and morphological reappraisal of Melanommataceae (Pleosporales). Fungal Diversity 74, 267–324.
Whitton SR, McKenzie EHC, Hyde KD. 2012 – Fungi associated with Pandanaceae. Fungal Diversity (Research Series) 21, 1–457.
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