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Shrungabeeja vadirajensis

Shrungabeeja vadirajensis V.G. Rao & K.A. Reddy, Indian J. Bot. 4(1): 113 (1981).

Index Fungorum number: IF 111926; Facesoffungi number: FoF 09280, Fig. 1, 2

Description: see Zhang et al. (2009); Ariyawansa et al. (2014); Delgado et al. (2017).

Material considered: see Zhang et al. (2009); Ariyawansa et al. (2014); Delgado et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Conidiophores and conidia of Shrungabeeja vadirajensis (re-drawn from Plate 358B in Seifert et al. 2011).

Fig. 2 Shrungabeeja longiappendiculata (BBH 39513, holotype, modified from Fig. 59 in Ariyawansa et al. 2015). a Sporulation on PDA. b Colonies on natural substrate. c Conidiophore with mature conidium. d–f Conidia with appendages. Scale bars: b, c = 10 μm, d–f = 50 μm.

Importance and distribution

Shrungabeeja comprises five species known on branches of Begonia semperflorens (Begoniaceae), dead twig of Chusquea longifolia (Poaceae), dead branches of Melicope triphylla (Rutaceae) and dead stems of Bambusa (Poaceae). Shrungabeeja is reported from Asia (China, India (Karnataka) and Thailand) and Central America (Panama).