Johnalcornia aberrans
Johnalcornia aberrans (Alcorn) Y.P. Tan & R.G. Shivas, in Tan et al., Australas. Pl. Path. 43(6): 592 (2014).
≡ Bipolaris aberrans Alcorn, Mycotaxon 39: 364 (1990).
Index Fungorum number: IF 807732; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00525, Fig. 1
Description: see Tan et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Tan et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Johnalcornia aberrans (BRIP 16364, holotype, sexual morph, re-drawn from Figs. 1–5 Cochliobolus aberrans in Alcorn 1990). a Ascoma. b Asci. c Ascospore. d–f Ascospore appendages. Scale bars: a = 100 μm, b = 10 μm, c, e = 5 μm, d, f = 2 μm.
Fig. 2 Johnalcornia aberrans (BRIP 16281, holotype, asexual morph, re-drawn from Fig. 2 in Tan et al. 2014). a Leaf spots on Eragrostis parviflora. b, c Conidiophores. d, e Conidia. Scale bars: a = 1 mm, b–e = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Johnalcornia comprises only one species known on leaves of Eragrostis parviflora (Poaceae) in Australia (Queensland).
References
Alcorn JL. 1990 – Additions to Bipolaris, Cochliobolus and Curvularia. Mycotaxon 39, 361–392.
Tan YP, Madrid H, Crous P, Shivas R. 2014 – Johnalcornia gen. et. comb. nov., and nine new combinations in Curvularia based on molecular phylogenetic analysis. Australasian Plant Pathology 43, 589–603.
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