Loratospora aestuarii
Loratospora aestuarii Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm., Syst. Ascom. 12(1-2): 10 (1993).
Index Fungorum number: IF 360815; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00248, Fig. 1
Description: see Phookamsak et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Phookamsak et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Loratospora aestuarii (NY 01276343, holotype, modified from Fig. 11 in Phookamsak et al. 2014). a Herbarium label and specimens. b Ascomata on host surface. c Section through ascoma. d Peridium. e–g Asci. h–k Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 100 μm, d = 50 μm, e–g = 20 μm, h–k = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Loratospora comprises only one species known on dead culms of Juncus roemerianus (Juncaceae) in The United States (North Carolina).
References
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