Fungalpedia – Note 969, Acrocalymma

 

Acrocalymma. Alcorn & J.A.G. Irwin.

Citation when using this data: de Silva NI et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Acrocalymmaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Alcorn & Irwin (1987) introduced Acrocalymma to accommodate the root pathogen
A. medicaginis on Medicago in Australia. There are eleven Acrocalymma epithets in Species Fungorum (2022). 

Type species: Acrocalymma medicaginis Alcorn & J.A.G. Irwin, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 88(2): 163 (1987).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Acrocalymma.

 

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Figure 1 – Acrocalymma magnoliae (MFLU 18-1306, holotype). a–c Appearance of immersed conidiomata on substrate. d, e Vertical sections through conidiomata. f Conidiomatal wall. g, h Conidiogenous cells. i–l Conidia. Scale bars: a–c = 200 μm, d, e = 20 μm, f–l = 5 μm.

 

References

Alcorn JL, Irwin JAG. 1987 – Acrocalymma medicaginis gen. et sp. nov. causing root and crown rot of Medicago sativa in Australia. Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 88(2), pp.163–167.

Species Fungorum 2022 – Species Fungorum. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp. Accessed 30 January 2022.

 

Entry by

Nimali Indeewari de Silva, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Research Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.

 

Published online 18 November 2022

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