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Helicotubeufia guangxiensis

Helicotubeufia guangxiensis Y.Z. Lu & J.K. Liu, in Liu et al., Mycosphere 9(3): 500 (2018).

 Index Fungorum number: IF 554760; Facesoffungi number: FoF 04386, Fig. 1, 2

Description: see Liu et al. (2018).

Material considered: see Liu et al. (2018).

Fig. 1 Helicotubeufia guangxiensis (HKAS 97423, holotype, modified from Fig. 2 in Liu et al. 2018). a, b Superficial ascomata on substrate. c Section of ascoma. d Peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f−h Asci. i−n Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 500 µm, b = 200 µm, c = 100 µm, d, e, i−n = 10 µm, f−h = 50 µm.

Fig. 2 Helicotubeufia guangxiensis (HKAS 97424, paratype). a Colony on decaying wood. b Conidiophores with attached conidia. c−f Conidia. Scale bars: a = 200 µm, b, c, f = 50 µm, d = 100 µm, e = 30 µm.

Importance and distribution

Helicotubeufia comprises three species known on submerged decaying wood in streams. The genus is reported from Asia (China and Thailand).

 

Reference

Liu JK, Lu YZ, Cheewangkoon R, To-Anun C 2018 – Phylogeny and morphology of Helicotubeufia gen. nov., with three new species in Tubeufiaceae from aquatic habitats. Mycosphere 9, 495–509. Doi 10.5943/mycosphere/9/3/4 

 

 

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