Italica luzulae
Italica luzulae (Wanas., Camporesi, E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde) Wanas., & K.D. Hyde, in Wanasinghe et al., Fungal Diversity 89: 126 (2018).
≡ Dematiopleospora luzulae Wanas., Camporesi, E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde, in Wijayawardene et al., Fungal Diversity 75: 136 (2016).
Index Fungorum number: IF 554185; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03677, Fig. 1
Description: see Wanasinghe et al. (2018).
Material considered: see Wanasinghe et al. (2018).
Fig. 1 Italica luzulae (MFLU 15-1503, holotype). a Herbarium material. b Section of ascoma. c Close up of ostiole. d Peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f−h Asci. i−k Ascospores. l. Germinating ascospores. m Culture characters on MEA. Scale bars: b = 50 µm, c, f−h = 20 µm, d = 5 µm, e, i−l = 10 µm.
Importance and distribution
Italica comprises one species known on dead aerial stems of Achillea millefolium (Asteraceae), Heracleum sphondylium (Apiaceae) and Luzula (Juncaceae). Italica is reported only from Europe (Italy).
Reference
Wanasinghe DN, Phukhamsakda C, Hyde KD, Jeewon R et al. 2018c – Fungal diversity notes 709–839: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa with an emphasis on fungi on Rosaceae. Fungal Diversity 89, 1–236.
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