Puiggariella apiahyna
Puiggariella apiahyna Speg., Anal. Soc. cient. argent. 12(3): 99 (1881).
Index Fungorum number: IF 190480; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12001, Fig. 1
Description: see Jiang et al. (2020).
Material considered: see Jiang et al. (2020).
Fig. 1 Puiggariella confluens (B-600205074, re-drawn from Fig. 12 in Jiang et al. 2020). a Thallus. b Asci. c Ascospores. d Macroconida. Scale bars: a = 500 μm, b = 20 μm, c, d = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Puiggariella comprises three lichenized species. Puiggariella confluens is known on leaves in Central America (Costa Rica, Guatemala), P. nemathora is reported from leaves in Caribbean (Cuba) and P. nigrocincta is known on living leaves in Asia (China, Vietnam).
References
Jiang SH, Lücking R, Xavier-Leite AB, Cáceres MES, Aptroot A, Portilla CV, Wei JC. 2020b – Reallocation of foliicolous species of the genus Strigula into six genera (lichenized Ascomycota, Dothideomycetes, Strigulaceae). Fungal Diversity 102, 257–291.
Santesson R. 1952 – Foliicolous lichens I. A revision of the taxonomy of the obligately foliicolous, lichenized fungi. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 12, 1–590.
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