Fraxinicola fraxini
Fraxinicola fraxini (Aderh.) Crous, M. Shen & Y. Zhang ter, in Shen et al., Stud. Mycol. 96: 219 (2020).
≡ Venturia fraxini Aderh., Hedwigia 36(2): 83 (1897).
Index Fungorum number: IF 831587; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12062, Fig. 1
Description: see Shen et al. (2020).
Material considered: see Shen et al. (2020).
Fig. 1 Fraxinicola spp. (Sexual morph, re-drawn from Fig. 1 in Ibrahim et al. 2016). a–c Fraxinicola orni (CBS 140924, holotype) a Section through pseudothecium. b Asci. c Ascospores. d, e Fraxinicola fraxini d Pseudothecium with setae lining the ostiolum. e Ascus with ascospores. Scale bars: a, d = 20 μm, b, e = 10 μm, c = 5 μm.
Fig. 2 Fraxinicola fraxini (culture CBS 140930, asexual morph re-drawn from Fig. 13 in Shen et al. 2020). a–e Sympodial conidiogenous cells producing conidia. f, g 1–3-septate, tapering conidia. Scale bars = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Fraxinicola comprises three species. Fraxinicola europaea is known on Betula pubescens (Betulaceae) in Europe (Switzerland), F. fraxini is reported on leaves of Fraxinus excelsior (Oleaceae) in Europe (Germany, Switzerland) and F. italica was found on leaf in Europe (Italy) and may comprise many more species.
References
Ibrahim M, Schlegel M, Sieber TN. 2016 – Venturia orni sp. nov. a species distinct from Venturia fraxini, living in the leaves of Fraxinus ornus. Mycological Progress15, 1–12.
Shen M, Zhang JQ, Zhao LL, Groenewald JZ et al. 2020 – Venturiales. Studies in Mycology 96, 185–308. Doi 10.1016/j.simyco.2020.03.001
Recent News
Recent paper to be publishedRecent Genus
NothocladosporiumPhillipsiella
Curreya
Recent Species
Nothocladosporium syzygiiPhillipsiella atra
Curreya conorum
