Xenophoma puncteliae
Xenophoma puncteliae (Diederich & Lawrey) Crous & Trakun., in Trakunyingcharoen et al., IMA Fungus 5(2): 404 (2014).
≡ Phoma puncteliae Diederich & Lawrey, in Lawrey et al., Fungal Diversity 55: 207 (2012).
Index Fungorum number: IF 810836; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11659, Fig. 1
Description: see Trakunyingcharoen et al. (2021).
Material considered: see Trakunyingcharoen et al. (2021).
Fig. 1 Xenophoma puncteliae (CBS 128022, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 9 in Trakunyingcharoen et al. 2021). a Conidiomata. b Section through conidioma. c Conidiogenous cells. d Conidia. Scale bar: a, b = 20 μm, c = 5 μm, d = 2 μm.
Importance and distribution
Xenophoma comprises only one species parasitic on Punctelia rudecat on Quercus rubra (Fagaceae) in the United States.
Reference
Trakunyingcharoen T, Lombard L, Groenewald JZ, Cheewangkoon R et al. 2014 – Mycoparasitic species of Sphaerellopsis, and allied lichenicolous and other genera. IMA Fungus 5, 391– 414.
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