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Maireella maculans

Maireella maculans Syd. ex Maire, Annls mycol. 6(2): 145 (1908).

Index Fungorum number: IF 188609; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12279 , Fig. 1

Description: see Li et al. (2014).

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

Fig. 1 Maireella maculans (S F7394, isotype). a, b Herbarium package and specimen. c Appearance of black ascomata on host surface. d Vertical section of ascoma. e Peridium of ascoma. f Ostiole. g Pseudoparaphyses. h Asci and pseudoparaphyses. i–m Asci. n, o Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 200 μm, d = 50 μm, e, f = 20 μm, g–m = 10 μm, n, o = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Maireella comprises seven species but lacks sequence data. The species occur on Asteraceae, Malvaceae and Phyllocladaceae. Maireella is recorded from Australia (Queensland, Tasmania) and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

 

Reference

Li WJ, Bhat JD, Hyde KD, Wang Y. 2014 – Towards a natural classification of Dothideomycetes 4: The genera Bryopelta, Bryorella, Bryosphaeria, Lophiosphaerella and Maireella (Dothideomycetes incertae sedis). Phytotaxa 176, 28–41.

 

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