Paraleptospora chromolaenae
Paraleptospora chromolaenae Mapook & K.D. Hyde, in Mapook et al., Fungal Diversity 101: 76 (2020).
Index Fungorum number: IF 557348; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07811, Fig. 1
Description: see Mapook et al. (2020).
Material considered: see Mapook et al. (2020).
Fig. 1 Paraleptospora chromolaenae (MFLU 20-0343, holotype, modified from Fig. 63 in Mapook et al. 2020). a Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. b Section through ascoma. c Ostiole. d Peridium. e, f Asci. g–j Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 500 μm, b = 100 μm, c, d, g–j = 20 μm, e, f = 50 μm.
Importance and distribution
Paraleptospora comprises two species. Both Paraleptospora chromolaenae and P. chromolaenicola were found on dead stems of Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) in Asia (Thailand).
Reference
Mapook A, Hyde KD, McKenzie EHC, Gareth Jones EBG et al. 2020 – Taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungi associated with the invasive weed Chromolaena odorata (Siam weed). Fungal Diversity 101, 1–175.
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