Pleosporales - CBS - KNAW
Pleosporales - CBS - KNAW
Pleosporales - CBS - KNAW
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Fungal Diversity<br />
Fig. 45 Leptosphaerulina australis (from NY, C.T. Rogerson 3836).<br />
a. Compressed ascoma. Note the obpyriform asci within the ascoma<br />
and the thin peridium. b, c. Eight-spored asci released from the<br />
ascomata. Note the apical apparatus (arrowed). d. Ascospores with<br />
thin sheath. e. An old pale brown ascospore. Scale bars: a-c=50 μm,<br />
d, e=10 μm<br />
(Allewia eureka (E.G. Simmons) E.G. Simmons=L.<br />
eureka) form a robust clade with other members of<br />
Pleosporaceae (Schoch et al. 2006; Schochetal.2009;<br />
Zhang et al. 2009a).<br />
Concluding remarks<br />
Its position in Pleosporaceae is confirmed.<br />
Lichenopyrenis Calat., Sanz & Aptroot, Mycol. Res. 105:<br />
634 (2001). (?Pleomassariaceae)<br />
Generic description<br />
Habitat terrestrial, parasitic on lichens. Ascomata mediumsized,<br />
globose or subglobose. Hamathecium of dense,<br />
filliform, branching, septate pseudoparaphyses. Asci bitunicate,<br />
fissitunicate, clavate, with a short sometimes furcate<br />
pedicel. Ascospores ellipsoidal with broadly rounded ends,<br />
pale orange-brown, 1-distoseptate.<br />
Anamorphs reported for genus: see below.<br />
Literature: Calatayud et al. 2001.