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Pleosporales - CBS - KNAW

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Fungal Diversity<br />

Fig. 8 Astrosphaeriella fusispora<br />

(BISH 145726). a Ascomata<br />

forming a small group on<br />

host surface. Note the remains<br />

of the host forming flanges<br />

around the ascomata. b Section<br />

of the partial peridium. Note the<br />

black peridium and wedge of<br />

palisade cells between the lateral<br />

and basal walls. c Asci in trabeculate<br />

pseudoparaphyses. d–f<br />

Narrowly fusoid ascospores.<br />

Scale bars: a=1 mm, b=<br />

100 μm, c=50 μm, d=15 μm,<br />

f=10 μm<br />

ends, hyaline, turning pale brown when mature, 1(−3)-<br />

septate, constricted at the median septum (Fig. 8d,e and f).<br />

Anamorph: none reported.<br />

Material examined: USA, Hawaii, Kapano Gulch, in<br />

bamboo culms, 5 Jun. 1947, leg. Kopf & Rogers, det. Miller<br />

(BISH 145726, as Astrosphaeriella fusispora Syd. & P. Syd.).<br />

Notes<br />

Morphology<br />

Astrosphaeriella has been treated as a synonym of Microthelia<br />

(von Arx and Müller 1975), but the large conical<br />

ascomata, numerous trabeculate pseudoparaphyses and 1-<br />

septate and elongated ascospores of Astrosphaeriella all<br />

disagree with those of Microthelia (Hawksworth 1981). It<br />

was assigned to Platystomaceae by Barr (1990a) in<strong>Pleosporales</strong><br />

or Melanommataceae by Kirk et al. (2001).<br />

Following a systematic study of Astrosphaeriella, only four<br />

species were accepted, i.e. A. aosimensis I. Hino & Katum.,<br />

A. stellata, A. trochus (Penz. & Sacc.) D. Hawksw. and A.<br />

venezuelensis M.E. Barr & D. Hawksw. (Hawksworth 1981),<br />

and it was defined as a tropical genus, occurring exclusively<br />

on palms or bamboo. Astrosphaeriella stellata was selected<br />

as the type of Astrosphaeriella,andA. fusispora was regarded

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