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Xenosporium mirabile

Xenosporium mirabile Penz. & Sacc., Malpighia 15(7-9): 248 (1902) [1901].

           Index Fungorum number: IF 212463; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12534, Fig. 1

Description: see Penzig and Saccardo (1902); Goos (1990).

Material examined: see Penzig and Saccardo (1902); Goos (1990).

Fig. 1 Xenosporium sp. (re-drawn from Fig. 13–20 in Goos 1990). a, b X. cubense. c X. intermedium. d–g X. pleurococcum. Scale bars: a–c, g = 20 μm, d–f = 30 μm.

Importance and distribution

Xenosporium comprises 17 species known on hosts such as Agave sp. (Agavaceae), Arenga engleri (Arecaceae), Bambusa sp. (Poaceae), Calyptronoma plumeriana (Arecaceae), Cordia gerascanthus (Boraginaceae), Cornus florida (Cornaceae), Cupania macrophylla (Sapindaceae), Dendropanax arboreus (Araliaceae), Erythrina sp. (Fabaceae), Pennisetum sp. (Poaceae) and Persea americana (Lauraceae). Xenosporium is reported from Africa (Uganda), Asia (Taiwan), Australia, Caribbean (Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago), Central America (Costa Rica), North America (Bermuda, Mexico, the United States) and Oceania (New Zealand). Xenosporium thaxteri was transferred to Acanthostigmella.

 

References

Bussaban B, Lumyong P, McKenzie EHC, Hyde KD, Lumyong S. 2003 – Xenosporium amomi sp. nov. from Zingiberaceae in Thailand. Fungal Diversity 14, 61–66.

Deighton FC, Pirozynski KA. 1966 – Microfungi. II. Brooksia and Grallomyces; Acrogenotheca ornata sp. nov; the genus Xenosporium. Mycological Papers 105, 1–35.

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Goos RD. 1990 – Review of the Anamorph Genus Xenosporium. Mycologia 82, 742–752.

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Panwar KS, Purohit DK, Gehlot CS. 1973 – A new species of Xenosporium. Current Science 42, 689–690.

Penzig AJO, Saccardo PA. 1902 – Diagnoses fungorum novorum in insula Java collectorum. Ser. III. Malpighia 15, 201–260.

Pirozynski KA. 1966 – The genus Xenosporium. Commonwealth Mycological Institute. Mycological Papers 105, 21–35.

Rao VG, Rao PR. 1973 – A new species of Xenosporium from India. Current Science 42, 615–616.

Subramanian CV, Sekar G. 1980 – Chaetosphaerulina yasudae and its Xenosporium anamorph. Kavaka 8, 73–77.

Vittal BPR. 1981 – Xenosporium intermedium sp. nov. from India. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 76, 513–515.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Al-Ani LKT, Tedersoo L et al. 2020 – Outline of Fungi and fungi-like taxa. Mycosphere 11, 1060–1456.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Rajeshkumar KC, Hawksworth DL et al. 2017– Notes for genera: Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86, 1–594.

Zhao GZ, Wu WP, Liu B, Liu XZ. 2006 – Two new species of Xenosporium (Hyphomycetes) lacking secondary conidia. Nova Hedwigia 82,127–134.

 

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