Polyplosphaeria fusca
Polyplosphaeria fusca Kaz. Tanaka & K. Hiray., in Tanaka et al., Stud. Mycol. 64: 193 (2009).
Index Fungorum number: IF 515267; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06806, Fig. 1
Description: see Tanaka et al. (2009).
Material considered: see Tanaka et al. (2009).
Fig. 1 Polyplosphaeria fusca (HKAS 101757). a, b Ascomata on host substrate. c Peridium. d Pseudoparaphyses. e, f Asci with ascospores. g–i Ascospores. j Germinating ascospores. Scale bars: c, d, f–j = 20 μm, e = 30 μm.
Importance and distribution
Polyplosphaeria comprises four species known on bamboo (Poaceae), Chimonobambusa marmorea (Poaceae), Pandanus (Pandanaceae), Phyllostachys bambusoides (Poaceae), Pleioblastus chino (Poaceae) and Sasa kurilensis (Poaceae). Polyplosphaeria xishuangbannaensis has been transferred to Ernakulamia. Polyplosphaeria has been reported from Asia (China, Japan and Thailand).
References
Li GJ, Hyde KD, Zhao RL, Hongsanan S et al. 2016a – Fungal diversity notes 253–366: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 78, 1–237.
Mercado, Sierra A, Guarro J, Heredia G. 2005 – The hyphomycete genus Piricauda, with the description of a new species. Mycological Research 109, 723–728.
Tanaka K, Hirayama K, Yonezawa H, Hatakeyama S et al. 2009 – Molecular taxonomy of bambusicolous fungi: Tetraplosphaeriaceae, a new pleosporalean family with Tetraploa-like anamorphs. Studies in Mycology 64, 175–209.
Tibpromma S, Hyde KD, McKenzie EHC, Bhat DJ et al. 2018 – Fungal diversity notes 840–928: micro-fungi associated with Pandanaceae. Fungal Diversity 93, 1–160.
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