Fungalpedia – Note 920, Paraleptospora
Paraleptospora. Mapook & K.D. Hyde.
Citation when using this data Manawasinghe IS et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank., Fig 1
Classification: Phaeosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Paraleptospora belongs to Phaeosphaeriaceae and Paraleptospora was estimated as a new genus by Mapook et al. (2020). Members of Paraleptospora are characterized by immersed to semi-immersed, solitary or scattered ascomata which are globose or subglobose to ampulliform, brown to dark brown, appearing as a dark spot with red area on host surface. Asci are 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindrical to cylindric-subclavate, straight or slightly curved, pedicellate, apically rounded, with an ocular chamber (Mapook et al. 2020).
Type species: Paraleptospora chromolaenae Mapook & K.D. Hyde, in Mapook, Hyde, McKenzie, Jones, Bhat, Jeewon, Stadler, Samarakoon, Malaithong, Tanunchai, Buscot, Wubet & Purahong, Fungal Diversity 101: 76 (2020).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Paraleptospora.
Figure 1 – Paraleptospora chromolaenae (MFLU 21-0258, new host record). a–c Appearance of superficial ascomata on Tithonia diversifolia substrate. d Section through an ascoma. e Ostiole. f Peridium. g Pseudoparaphyses. h–j Asci. k–o Ascospores. p Germinated spore on PDA. Scale bars: a–c = 200 μm, d = 100 μm, e = 50 μm, f–j = 20 μm, k–o = 10 μm, p = 5 μm.
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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