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Alloscorias syngonii

Alloscorias syngonii Haituk & Cheew., in Haituk et al., Phytotaxa 507(4): 276 (2021).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 558108; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11069, Fig. 1

Description: see Haituk et al. (2021).

Material examined: see Haituk et al. (2021).

Fig. 1 Alloscorias syngonii (SDBR-CMU355, holotype, re-drawn from Figs. 2, 3 in Haituk et al. 2021). a Ascomata on surface of leaves. b Section of ascomata. c Section through peridium. d, e Asci. f Ascospores. g Setae. Scale bars: b = 30 μm, c = 20 μm, d–g = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Alloscorias comprises only one species known on living leaves of Syngonium podophyllum (Araceae) in Asia (Thailand). It is epiphytic and forms special nutritional guilds on the surface of the host plant (Hongsanan et al. 2016).

 

References

Haituk S, Suwannarach N, Hongsanan S, Senwanna C, Cheewangkoon R. 2021 – New genus of epiphytic sooty mold: Alloscorias syngonii (Readerielliopsidaceae) from Thailand. Phytotaxa 507, 271–282.

Hongsanan S, Bahkali A, McKenzie E, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD. 2014 – Trichopeltinaceae (Dothideomycetes), an earlier name for Brefeldiellaceae, with a new species of Trichopeltina. Phytotaxa 176, 270–282.

Hongsanan S, Sánchez-Ramírez S, Crous PW, Ariyawansa HA, Zhao RL, Hyde KD. 2016 – The evolution of fungal epiphytes. Mycosphere 7, 1690–1712. 

 

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