Fungalpedia – Note 489, Neophysalospora
Neophysalospora Crous & M.J. Wingf.
Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomata.
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Classification: Amphisphaeriales, Clypeophysalosporaceae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
A monotypic genus Neophysalospora was introduced to accommodate Neophysalospora eucalypti and the genus is presently affiliated within Clypeophysalosporaceae (Amphisphaeriales, Sordariomycetes) (Crous et al. 2014). This genus was reported on the leaves of Corymbia henryi (Myrtaceae) in Mozambique and showed endophytic and plant pathogenic lifestyles. Both sexual and asexual morphs have been reported. The sexual morph shows unitunicate asci with apical J+ rings, and the asexual morph is characterized by conidiophores lining the inner conidiomatal wall, which are straight to curved and hyaline to pale brown (Crous et al. 2014).
Type species: Neophysalospora eucalypti Crous & M.J. Wingf.
Other accepted species: This genus is monotypic.
Figure 1 – Neophysalospora eucalypti. a Leaf spots. b Asci. c Ascospores. d Conidiogenous cells with conidia. e Conidia. Scale bars: b-e = 10 μm. Redrawn from Crous et al. (2014).
Reference
Entry by
Thiyagaraja V, CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, P.R. China.
(Edited by Saowaluck Tibpromma, Samaneh Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani, & Achala R. Rathnayaka)
Published online 3 December 2024