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Xiliomyces brasiliensis

Xiliomyces brasiliensis J.D.P. Bezerra, Souza-Motta & Crous, in Bezerra et al., Mycol. Progr. 16(4): 304 (2016) [2017].

Index Fungorum number: IF 817526; Facesoffungi number: FoF 02824, Fig. 1

Description: see Bezerra et al. (2017).

Material considered: see Bezerra et al. (2017).

Fig. 1 Xiliomyces brasiliensis (URM 7413 = CBS 141536, holotype; redrawn from Fig. 4 in Bezerra et al. 2017). a Conidiomatal structure. b Conidiomatal structure pseudothecial-like. c, d Chlamydospores. Scale bar: a, b = 100 µm, c = 20 µm, d = 10 µm.

Importance and distribution

Xiliomyces comprises only one endophytic species known from cactus Tacinga inamoena (Cactaceae) in South America (Brazil).

 

Reference

Bezerra JD, Oliveira RJ, Paiva LM, Silva GA, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW, Souza-Motta CM. 2017– Bezerromycetales and Wiesneriomycetales ord. nov. (class Dothideomycetes), with two novel genera to accommodate endophytic fungi from Brazilian cactus. Mycological Progress 16, 297–309.

 

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