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Metameris japonica

Metameris japonica (Syd. & P. Syd.) Syd., in Theissen & Sydow, Annls mycol. 13(3/4): 342 (1915).

≡ Monographos japonicus Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 10(4): 408 (1912).

Index Fungorum number: IF 209527; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00290, Fig. 1

Description: see Phookamsak et al. (2014).

Material considered: see Phookamsak et al. (2014).

Fig. 1 Metameris japonica (S-F7166, holotype). a Herbarium label and specimens. b Ascostromata on host surface. c Section through ascostroma. d Section through peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f–h Asci. i–l Ascospores. Scale bars: b, c = 200 μm, d, i–l = 20 μm, e = 5 μm, f–h = 50 μm.

Importance and distribution

Metameris comprises only one species known on Osmunda regalis var. japonica (Osmundaceae) in Asia (Japan).

References

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