Pleohelicoon fagi
Pleohelicoon fagi Jayasiri, E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde, in Jayasiri et al., Mycosphere 10(1): 99 (2019).
Index Fungorum number: IF 555566; Facesoffungi number: FoF 05272, Fig. 1
Description: see Jayasiri et al. (2019).
Material considered: see Jayasiri et al. (2019).
Fig. 1 Pleohelicoon fagi (MFLU 18–2224, holotype, re-illustrated from Jayasiri et al. 2019). a Cupule of Fagus sylvatica. b, c Colonies on substrate. d–g Conidia. Scale bars: a = 1 mm, b, c = 500 μm, d–g = 30 μm.
Importance and distribution
Pleohelicoon comprises two species. Pleohelicoon fagi is known on decaying cupule of Fagus sylvatica (Fagaceae) in Europe (United Kingdom) while P. richonis is reported from dead branch of Populus sp. (Salicaceae) in Europe (France).
References
Jayasiri SC, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2019 – Diversity, morphology and molecular phylogeny of Dothideomycetes on decaying wild seed pods and fruits. Mycosphere 10, 1–186.
Morgan AP. 1892 – North-American Helicosporeae. Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 15, 39–52.
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