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Pteridiospora javanica

Pteridiospora javanica Penz. & Sacc., Malpighia 11(9-10): 399 (1897).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 200770; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00022, Fig. 1

Description: see Phookamsak et al. (2014).

Material considered: see Phookamsak et al. (2014).

 

Fig. 1 Pteridiospora javanica (MFLUCC 11-0159). a, b Ascostromata on host surface. c Pseudoparaphyses. d–f Asci. g–j Ascospores (j: stained in Indian ink to show sheath). k Conidiomata formed on bamboo pieces on WA after 8 weeks. l Section through conidioma. m Peridium. n Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. o Conidia. Scale bars: c, m, o = 20 μm, d–f = 50 μm, g–j = 10 μm, l = 100 μm, n = 2 μm.

Importance and distribution

Pteridiospora comprises six saprobic species known on bamboo (Poaceae), Liquidambar styraciflua (Altingiaceae), on branches of Quercus pedunculiflora (Fagaceae), Phoenix sylvestris (Arecaceae) and roots of Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Oleaceae). Pteridiospora is known from Asia (China (Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Thailand), Eurasia (Republic of Azerbaijan) and The United States (Mississippi).

 

References

Eriksson OE. 1994 – Pteridiospora javanica Penz. & Sacc. Krypto-S Botanical database at The Swedish Museum of Natural History. Available at: http://andor.nrm.se/fmi/xsl/kryptos/kbo/ publFindspecies.xsl?view&db=kbo_svampregister&-token.languagecode=en-GB

Filer TH. 1969 – New species of Pteridiospora. Mycologia 61, 167–169.

Hyde KD, Aptroot A, Fröhlich J, Taylor JE. 2000 – Fungi from palms. XLIII. Lophiostoma and Astrosphaeriella species with slit-like ostioles. Nova Hedwigia 70, 143–160.

Hyde KD, Fröhlich J. 1998 – Fungi from palms XXXVII. The genus Astrosphaeriella, including ten new species. Sydowia 50, 81–132.

Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota 2009. Myconet 14, 1–64.

Penzig AJO, Saccardo PA. 1897 – Diagnoses fungorum novorum in insula Java collectorum. Ser. I. Malpighia 11, 387–409.

Phookamsak R, Liu JK, Manamgoda DS, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2014 – Epitypification of two bambusicolous fungi from Thailand. Cryptogamie Mycologie 35, 239–256.

Tanaka K, Hirayama K, Yonezawa H, Hatakeyama S et al. 2009 – Molecular taxonomy of bambusicolous fungi: Tetraplosphaeriaceae, a new pleosporalean family with Tetraploa-like anamorphs. Studies in Mycology 64, 175–209.

 

 

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