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Pseudoastrosphaeriella thailandensis

Pseudoastrosphaeriella thailandensis Phook., Z.L. Luo & K.D. Hyde, in Phookamsak et al., Fungal Diversity: 10.1007/s13225-015-0352-7, [48] (2015).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 551647; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01239, Fig. 1

Description: see Phookamsak et al. (2015).

Material considered: see Phookamsak et al. (2015).

Fig. 1 Pseudoastrosphaeriella thailandensis (MFLU 11-0145, holotype). a, b Appearance of ascostromata on host surface. c Vertical section through ascostroma. d Section through peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f−i Asci. j−l Ascospores. m Conidiomata on bamboo pieces on WA. n Section of conidioma. o Pycnidial walls. p, q Conidiogenous cells. r Conidia. Scale bars: a = 500 μm, b, c, m = 200 μm, d−i = 50 μm, j−l, o = 20 μm, n = 100 μm, p−r = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Pseudoastrosphaeriella comprises six species known on Arecaceae and Poaceae. Pseudoastrosphaeriella has been reported from Africa (Tanzania), Asia (Brunei, Thailand) and South America (Ecuador).

 

Reference

Phookamsak R, Norphanphoun C, Tanaka K, Dai DQ et al. 2015b – Towards a natural classification of Astrosphaeriella-like species; introducing Astrosphaeriellaceae and Pseudoastrosphaeriellaceae fam. nov. and Astrosphaeriellopsis, gen. nov. Fungal Diversity 74, 143–197.

 

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