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).
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