FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH LEAF SPOTS OF PALMS - MACULATIFRONDIS-AEQUATORIENSIS GEN ET SP-NOV, WITH A CYCLODOMUS ANAMORPH, AND MYELOSPERMA-PARASITICA SP-NOV

Authors
HYDE KD STANLEY SJ STEINKE TD
Citation
Kd. Hyde et al., FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH LEAF SPOTS OF PALMS - MACULATIFRONDIS-AEQUATORIENSIS GEN ET SP-NOV, WITH A CYCLODOMUS ANAMORPH, AND MYELOSPERMA-PARASITICA SP-NOV, Mycological research, 100, 1996, pp. 1509-1514
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology
Journal title
Mycological research → ACNP
ISSN journal
09537562
Volume
100
Year of publication
1996
Part
12
Pages
1509 - 1514
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-7562(1996)100:<1509:FAWLSO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Maculatifrondis aequatoriensis gen. et sp. nov. is described from livi ng leaves of an unidentified palm in Cuyabeno, Ecuador. The species ha s unusual ascospores, early deliquescing asci and a Cyclodomus anamorp h and its taxonomic relationships are unknown, although it may belong in the Phyllachoraceae. Myelosperma parasitica sp. nov. causes leaf sp ots on Phoenix reclinata in South Africa. Both species are described a nd illustrated with differential interference micrographs.