Navicella julii
Navicella julii Fabre, Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6 9: 96 (1879) [1878].
Index Fungorum number: IF 158755; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11604, Fig. 1
Description: see Ariyawansa et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Ariyawansa et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Navicella julii (S-F71928! holotype, modified from Fig. 2 in Ariyawansa et al. 2014). a Herbarium material. b Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. c Section through ascomata. d Peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f Asci. g–j Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 100 μm, d–f = 10 μm, g–j = 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
There are 39 Navicella epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Chaetomastia, Decaisnella, Helicogermslita, Lophiostoma, Lophodermium, Macrophoma, Melanomma, Platystomum, Sigarispora and Thyridaria. Navicella comprises only four species known on plant debris, bark of Castanopsis (Fagaceae), base of stem of Elaeocarpus (Elaeocarpaceae) and wood of Haloxylon ammodendron (Amaranthaceae). Navicella is distributed in Asia (China (Taiwan, Xinjiang)), Central America (Costa Rica) and Oceania (Papua New Guinea).
References
Barr ME. 1990 – Melanommatales (Loculoascomycetes). North American Flora 13(II), 1–129.
Holm L, Holm K. 1988 – Studies in the Lophiostmataceae with emphasis on the Swedish species. Symbiosis Botany Upsaliens 28, 1–50.
Zhang Y, Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD. 2012 – Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 53, 1–221.
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