PROFILES OF SOUTH-AFRICAN ASCOMYCETOUS FUNGI .1. NITSCHKIA BROOMEIANA

Authors
VANDERLINDE EJ BOTHA AJ
Citation
Ej. Vanderlinde et Aj. Botha, PROFILES OF SOUTH-AFRICAN ASCOMYCETOUS FUNGI .1. NITSCHKIA BROOMEIANA, South African journal of botany, 63(2), 1997, pp. 66-67
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
South African journal of botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
02546299
Volume
63
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
66 - 67
Database
ISI
SICI code
0254-6299(1997)63:2<66:POSAF.>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The fungus Nitschkia broomeiana (Berk.) Nannf. is reported from South Africa for the first time. Only one other species of this genus has pr eviously been recorded here: N. confertula (Schw.) Nannf. [as syn. Tym panopsis euomphala (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Stalb.]. These are the only t wo representatives of the family Nitschkiaceae, as delimited at presen t, reported from this country. The fungus is described, illustrated, a nd compared with other Nitschkia species.