Fungalpedia – Note 1051, Ascocratera
Ascocratera. Kohlm.
Citation when using this data: Dayarathne MC et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Aigialaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
The monotypic genus Ascocratera was established by Kohlmeyer (1986) with
A. manglicola collected on dead wood of mangrove trees (Avicennia germinans, Conocarpus erecta, Laguncularia racernosa and Rhizophora mangle) in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Kohlmeyer (1986) referred this genus to Massariaceae in Melanommatales and was subsequently studied by Suetrong et al. (2009) who accommodated this genus in the family Aigialaceae (Pleosporales).
Type species: Ascocratera manglicola Kohlm., Canad. J. Bot. 64(12): 3036 (1986).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Ascocratera.
Figure 1 – Ascocratera manglicola (MFLU 17-2588). a, b Ascomata on decaying wood. c Section of ascoma. d, e Asci. f Ascal apical ring. g Pseudoparaphyses. h–j Ascospores.
k Germinating ascospore. Scale bars: a = 1000 μm, b = 100 μm, c–q = 10 μm.
References
Entry by
Monika Dayarathne, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai57100, Thailand, World Agro forestry Centre East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China, Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China
Published online 13 January 2020