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Longicorpus striatisporus

Longicorpus striatisporus (K.D. Hyde) S.N. Zhang, K.D. Hyde & J.K. Liu [as 'striataspora'], in Zhang, Hyde, Jones, Jeewon, Cheewangkoon & Liu, MycoKeys 49: 118 (2019).

≡ Trematosphaeria striataspora K.D. Hyde, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 98(2): 142 (1988).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 838919; Facesoffungi number: FoF 05037, Fig. 1

Description: see Zhang et al. (2012).

Material examined: see Zhang et al. (2012).

 

 

Fig. 1 Longicorpus striataspora (MFLU 18-1580, epitype; modified from Figure 5 in Zhang et al. 2019). a, b Appearance of ascomata on host surface. c, d Vertical section of an ascoma. e Ostiole with periphysate. f Peridium. g Pseudoparaphyses. h Apex of the neck, with somewhat interwoven pale brown hyphae or setae. i, j Asci. k, l Ascospores. m Germinating ascospore. Scale bars: a, b = 500 μm, c, d = 100 μm, e, h–j = 20 μm, f, g, k–m = 10 μm.

 

Importance and distribution

Longicorpus comprises only one species known on wood of Nypa fruticans (Arecaceae) in Asia (Brunei, Thailand).

 

Reference

Zhang SN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Jeewon R. 2019 – Striatiguttulaceae, a new pleosporalean family to accommodate Longicorpus and Striatiguttula gen. nov. from palms. MycoKeys 49, 99–129.

 

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