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Equiseticola fusispora

Equiseticola fusispora Abdelsalam, Tibpromma, Wanas. & K.D. Hyde, in Abd-Elsalam et al., Phytotaxa 284(3): 173 (2016).  

Index Fungorum number: IF 551563; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01242, Fig. 1

Description: see Abdelsalam et al. (2016).

Material considered: see Abdelsalam et al. (2016).

Fig. 1 Equiseticola fusispora (MFLU 14-0702, holotype). a Appearance of fungus on host surface. b Pseudoparaphyses. c Cross section of ascoma. d Close up of ostiole. e Section of peridium. f–j Asci. k–o Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b = 2 μm, c = 50 μm, d, f–j = 20 μm, e, k–o = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Only one species has been reported. Equiseticola fusispora was found on Equisetum sp. (Equisetaceae) in Europe (Italy).

 

Reference

Abd-Elsalam KA, Tibpromma S, Wanasinghe DN, Camporesi E, Hyde KD. 2016 – Equiseticola gen. nov. (Phaeosphaeriaceae), from Equisetum sp. in Italy. Phytotaxa 284,169–180.

 

 

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