Spiroplana centripeta
Spiroplana centripeta Voglmayr, M.J. Park & H.D. Shin, Mycotaxon 116(1): 210 (2011).
Index Fungorum number: IF 519377; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11840, Fig. 1
Description: see Voglmayr et al. (2011).
Material considered: see Voglmayr et al. (2011).
Fig. 1 Spiroplana centripeta (a KUS-F23616; b–h KUS-F23616, re-drawn from Fig. 2 in Voglmayr et al. 2011). a Infected leaves of Philadelphus schrenkii. b, c Erect conidiophores arising from superficial mycelium; black arrows indicate detachment scars of conidia. d Branched conidiophores. e–g Conidia. h Hyphae with appressoria (arrows). Scale bars: a = 1 cm, b–d = 20 μm, e–h = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Spiroplana comprises only one species known on leaves of Philadelphus schrenkii (Hydrangeaceae) in Asia (South Korea).
References
Hennebert GL. 1998 – New species of the aeroaquatic hyphomycete genus Clathrosporium and their relationship with Strumella Sacc. Canadian Journal of Botany 76, 1596–1607. doi:10.1139/cjb76-9-1596
Voglmayr H, Park MJ, Shin HD. 2011 − Spiroplana centripeta gen. & sp. nov., a leaf parasite of Philadelphus and Deutzia with a remarkable aeroaquatic conidium morphology. Mycotaxon 116, 203–216.
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