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Planistroma yuccigenum

Planistroma yuccigenum A.W. Ramaley, Mycotaxon 42: 69 (1991).                       

≡ Piptarthron pluriloculare A.W. Ramaley, Mycotaxon 42: 63 (1991).

≡ Kellermania plurilocularis (A.W. Ramaley) Minnis & A.H. Kenn., Persoonia 29: 21 (2012).

Index Fungorum number: IF 358836, Fig. 1

Description: see Monkai et al. (2013).

Material considered: see Monkai et al. (2013).

Fig. 1. Planistroma yuccigenum (UC 1475061, holotype). a, b Ascostromata on the host surface. c Section of ascostroma. d Cells of ascostroma at the base. e Cells of ascostroma at the side. f, g Asci. h–j Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 5000 μm, b = 1000 μm, c = 100 μm, d–e, h–j = 10 μm, f–g = 20 μm.

 

Importance and role

Planistroma comprises seven species distributed on three plant hosts in Asparagaceae, Dracaenaceae and Liliaceae. Planistroma is reported from the United States (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas).

 

References

Minnis AM, Kennedy AH, Grenier DB, Palm ME, Rossman AY. 2012 – Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the Planistromellaceae including its coelomycetous anamorphs: contributions towards a monograph of the genus Kellermania. Persoonia 29, 11–28.

Monkai J, Liu JK, Boonmee S, Chomnunti P, Chukeatirote E, Jones EBG, Wang Y, Hyde KD. 2013 – Planistromellaceae (Botryosphaeriales). Cryptogamie Mycology 34, 45–77.

Ramaley AW. 1991– Fungi of Yucca baccata 1. Piptarthron pluriloculare and its teleomorph. Planistroma yuccigena. Mycotaxon 42, 63–75.

Ramaley AW. 1995 – New species of Kellermania, Piptarthron, Planistroma, Planistromella from members of the Agavaceae. Mycotaxon 50, 255–268.

 

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