Asterinella puiggarii
Asterinella puiggarii (Speg.) Theiss., Brotéria, sér. bot. 10(2): 116 (1912).
≡ Asterina puiggarii Speg., Anal. Soc. cient. argent. 12(3): 99 (1881).
Index Fungorum number: IF 119402; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11854, Fig. 1
Description: see Wu et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Wu et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Asterinella puiggarii (LPS 1377, holotype). a Herbarium material. b Appearance of mycelium on host leaf with thyriothecia. c Squash mount of thyriothecium. d Section of thyriothecia. e–g Ascospores. h, i Asci. Scale bars: c = 200 μm, d = 100 μm, e, f = 10 μm, g–i = 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
There are 96 Asterinella epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Asterina, Asterolibertia, Dothidasteromella, Echidnodes, Lembosina, Leveillella, Maublancia, Microthyrium, Placoasterella, Prillieuxina and Stomiopeltis. Asterinella comprises 35 species known on a wide range of hosts such as Cassine sp. (Celastraceae), Gymnosporia procumbens (Celastraceae), Lauridia reticulata (Celastraceae), Maytenus sp. (Celastraceae), Pleurostylia capensis (Celastraceae), Pseudocassine transvaalensis (Celastraceae), Putterlickia sp. (Celastraceae), Gymnosporia senegalensis (Celastraceae), Osmanthus sp. (Oleaceae) and Pisonia brunoniana (Nyctaginaceae). Asterinella is reported from Africa (Ghana, Togo), Asia (Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Philippines), New Zealand, North America (Caribbean (Dominican Republic), The United States) and South America (Brazil). Asterinella might be specific to host and families.
References
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota 2009. Myconet 14, 1–64.
Wu HX, Tian Q, Li WJ, Hyde KD. 2014 – A reappraisal of Microthyriaceae. Phytotaxa 176, 201–212.
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