Juncaceicola luzulae
Juncaceicola luzulae Tennakoon, Camporesi, Phook. & K.D. Hyde, in Tennakoon et al., Cryptog. Mycol. 37(2): 148 (2016).
Index Fungorum number: IF 552124; Facesoffungi number: FoF 02083, Fig. 1
Description: see Tennakoon et al. (2016).
Material considered: see Tennakoon et al. (2016).
Fig. 1 Juncaceicola luzulae (MFLU 16-1307, holotype). a Appearance of immersed ascomata on host. b Vertical section of ascoma. c Section of peridium. d Pseudoparaphyses e–g Asci. h−l Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 500 µm, b = 50 µm, c, e–g, h–l = 20 µm, d = 5 µm.
Importance and distribution
There are eight Juncaceicola epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but J. typharum has been transferred to Typhicola. Juncaceicola comprises seven species known on six plant hosts in Asteraceae, Juncaceae and Poaceae in Europe (Italy, Switzerland).
References
Leuchtmann A. 1984 – Uber Phaeosphaeria Miyake und andere bitunicate Ascomyceten mit mehrfach querseptierten Ascosporen. Sydowia 37, 75–194.
Tennakoon DS, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Wanasinghe DN, Camporesi E, Promputtha I. 2016 – Taxonomy and phylogeny of Juncaceicola gen. nov. Phaeosphaeriaceae, Pleosporinae, Pleosporales. Cryptogamie Mycologie 37, 135–156.
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