Extrawettsteinina minuta
Extrawettsteinina minuta M.E. Barr, Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb. 9(8): 538 (1972).
Index Fungorum number: IF 314064; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00521, Fig. 1
Description: see Ariyawansa et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Ariyawansa et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Extrawettsteinina minuta (NY, 4278). a Herbarium label. b Appearance of ascomata on host surface. c Section through ascomata. d Cellular pseudoparaphyses. e Ascus. f–h Ascospores. Scale bars: d = 100 μm, e = 30 μm, f–h = 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
Extrawettsteinina comprises two species known on Andromeda tetragona (Ericaceae) in Europe and on fallen leaves of Pinus strobus (Pinaceae) in The United States (Massachusetts). Two species E. mediterranea and E. minuta have been transferred to Kriegeriella.
References
Ariyawansa HA, Thambugala K, Manamgoda D, Jayawardena R et al. 2015 – Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Pleosporaceae. Fungal Diversity 71, 85–139.
Barr ME. 1975 – A note on Extrawettsteinina. Mycotaxon 2, 104–106.
Barr ME. 1987b – Prodromus to class loculoascomycetes. Amherst. University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts.
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota 2009. Myconet 14, 1–64.
von Arx JA, Müller E. 1975 – A re-evaluation of the bitunicate Ascomycetes with keys to families and genera. Studies in Mycology 9, 1–159.
Zhang Y, Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD. 2012 – Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 53, 1–221.
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