Placocrea pulchella
Placocrea pulchella Syd., Annls mycol. 37(4/5): 380 (1939).
Index Fungorum number: IF 275600; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03717, Fig. 1
Description: see Boonmee et al. (2017).
Material considered: see Boonmee et al. (2017).
Fig. 1 Placocrea pulchella (S-F44505, syntype, modified from Fig. 95 in Boonmee et al. 2017). a Herbarium specimen. b Appearance of ascostromata on host surface. c Section of ascostroma. d Peridium. e Pseudoparaphyses. f, g Asci. h, i Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 2 mm, c = 100 μm, d, f, g, h = 20 μm, e = 10 μm, i, j = 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
Placocrea comprises only one species parasitic on leaves of Sarcorhachis sydowii (Piperaceae) in South America (Ecuador).
References
Boonmee S, Phookamsak R, Hongsanan S, Doilom M et al. 2017 – Mycosphere notes 51–101. Revision of genera in Perisporiopsidaceae and Pseudoperisporiaceae and other Ascomycota genera incertae sedis. Mycosphere 8, 1695–1801.
Kirk PM, Cannon PF, David JC, Stalpers JA. 2001 – Ainsworth & Bisby’s dictionary of the fungi, 9th edn. CABI, Wallingford.
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2007 – Outline of Ascomycota. Myconet 13, 1–99.
Petrak F. 1952 – Beiträge zur Pilzflora von Florida. Sydowia 6, 399–406.
Sydow H, Sydow P. 1939 – Fungi aequatorienses. Annales Mycologici 37, 275–438.
von Arx JA, Müller E. 1975 – A re-evaluation of the bitunicate Ascomycetes with keys to families and genera. Studies in Mycology l9, 1–159.
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