Morosphaeria velatispora
Morosphaeria velatispora (K.D. Hyde & Borse) Suetrong, Sakay., E.B.G. Jones & C.L. Schoch [as 'velataspora'], in Suetrong et al., Stud. Mycol. 64: 161 (2009).
≡ Massarina velatispora K.D. Hyde & Borse, Mycotaxon 27: 161 (1986).
Index Fungorum number: IF 542982; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06534, Fig. 1
Description: see Hyde (1991); Suetrong et al. (2009).
Material considered: see Hyde (1991); Suetrong et al. (2009).
Fig. 1 Morosphaeria spp. a–j M. muthupetensis (AMH-9910, holotype). a Section through ascomata. b Peridium. c Pseudoparaphyses. d–g Asci with ascospores. h–j Ascospores. k–s M. ramunculicola (AMH-9910, holotype) k Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. l Section through ascoma. m Peridium. n Pseudoparaphyses. o, p Asci with ascospores. q–s Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b, h–j, m, n, q–s = 10 μm, c = 100 μm, d–g, l, o, p = 50 μm.
Importance and distribution
Morosphaeria comprises four species known on decaying wood and twigs of Rhizophora spp. (Rhizophoraceae) in Africa (Seychelles), Asia (India (Tamil Nadu), Thailand) and South America (Chile). Morosphaeria elaterascus is known on dead wood from a thermal stream in South America (Chile).
References
Boonmee S, Ko-Ko TW, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD et al. 2012 – Two new Kirschsteiniothelia species with Dendryphiopsis anamorphs cluster in Kirschsteiniotheliaceae fam. nov. Mycologia 104, 698–714.
Devadatha B, Sarma VV, Jeewon R, Jones EBG. 2018 – Morosphaeria muthupetensis sp. nov. (Morosphaeriaceae) from India: morphological characterization and multigene phylogenetic inference. Botanica Marina 61, 395–405.
Hyde KD. 1991– Massarina velatospora and a new mangrove inhabiting species, M. ramunculicola sp. nov. Mycologia 83, 839–845.
Suetrong S, Schoch CL, Spatafora JW, Kohlmeyer J et al. 2009 – Molecular systematics of the marine Dothideomycetes. Studies in Mycology 64, 155–173.
Zhang H, Hyde KD, Abdel-Wahab MA, Abdel-Aziz FA et al. 2013 – A modern concept for Helicascus with a Pleurophomopsis-like asexual state. Sydowia 65, 147–166.
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