Fungalpedia – Note 913, Kalmusia

 

Kalmusia. Niessl.

Citation when using this data Manawasinghe IS et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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

Kalmusia was introduced and typified by K. ebuli and there are 42 species in this genus (Species Fungorum 2021). Most species are described by the sexual morph and however, asexual morph was reported from Kalmusia araucariae, K. italica, K. longispora, and K. spartii only (Tennakoon et al. 2016). 

Type species: Kalmusia ebuli Niessl, Verh. nat. Ver. Brünn 10: 205 (1872).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Kalmusia.

 

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Figure 1 – Kalmusia cordylines (ZHKU 21-0003, holotype). a The host plant Cordyline fruticosa. b Holotype material. c Conidiomata on substrate. d Pycnidial wall. e Cross-section of conidioma. 479 f Ostiole opening. g–j Conidiophores, conidiogenous cells and conidia. k Conidia. Scale bars: d, f = 25 μm, e = 100 μm, g–k = 10 μm.

 

References

Tennakoon DS, Hyde KD, Wanasinghe DN, Bahkali AH et al. 2016 – Taxonomy and phylogenetic appraisal of Montagnula jonesii sp. nov. (Didymosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales) from Italy. Mycosphere 7, 1346–1356.

 

Entry by

Ishara Sandeepani Manawasinghe, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, PR of China

Published online 25 April 2022

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