Ostropella albocincta
Ostropella albocincta (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Höhn., Annls mycol. 16(1/2): 144 (1918).
≡ Ostropa albocincta Berk. & M.A. Curtis [as 'albo-cincta'], in Berkeley, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 10(no. 46): 372 (1868) [1869].
Index Fungorum number: IF 431866; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11820, Fig. 1
Description: see Huhndorf (1993).
Material considered: see Huhndorf (1993).
Fig. 1 Ostropella albocincta (K(M): 143941, syntype). a Ascomata gregarious on host surface. b Peridium. c Pseudoparaphyses. d, e Asci. f–h Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 1 mm, b = 100 μm, c, f–h = 10 μm, d, e = 20 μm.
Importance and distribution
Ostropella comprises nine species known on bark of Chosenia arbutifolia (Salicaceae), dead Coffea canephora (Rubiaceae), well-rotted log and on wood in Africa (Ivory Coast), Asia (Russia (Primorye)), Europe (French Guiana, Italy) and North America (Caribbean (Cuba), the United States). Ostropella levis and O. pachythele has been transferred to Xenolophium while O. vicina has been transferred to Lophiostoma.
References
Barr ME. 1990 – Melanommatales (Loculoascomycetes). North American Flora 13(II), 1–129.
Huhndorf SM. 1993 – Neotropical ascomycetes 3. Reinstatement of the genus Xenolophium and two new species from French Guiana. Mycologia 85, 490–502.
Saccardo PA.1883 – Sylloge Fungorum 2, Italy, Pavia, p 815.
von Höhnel F. 1918 – Mykologische fragmente. Annales Mycologici 16, 35–174.
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