 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Dothideales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Leptosphaeria doliolum | |||
| Author： |
Leptosphaeria doliolum (Pers.) Ces. & de Not., Comm. Soc. Critt. Ital. 1: 234. 1863. |
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| Description： |
Ascostromata immersed at first, later exposed by shedding off the host epidermis, scattered or gregarious, conical with a flattened base from which a few short hyphae penetrate into underlying host tissue, 203-234 μm high, 374-546 μm wide. Shield of ascostromata radiate, with a conspicuous ostiole. Peridium 21-35 μm thick, composed of 4-7 layers of thick-walled pseudoparenchymatous cells, and the base composed of 2-7 layers of slightly compressed thin-walled cells, 10-23 μm thick. Asci cylindrical, bitunicate, basal, 8-spored, pseudoparaphysate,113-140 × 8-10 μm. Ascospores brown, uniseriate, fusoid, 3-septate, and constricted at the septa, 18-23 × 5-7 μm. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Taichung County, Nanhutashan, 3 Nov. 1991, NCHUPP-2274. |
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| Habitat： |
On stems of Angelica morrisonicola Hay. | |||
| Distribution： |
Cosmopolitan. |
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| References： |
Chen, CY. and Hsieh, WH. 1994; Dennis, RWG. 1978. |
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| Provided： |
W. H. Hsieh |
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| Note： |
This species is very common on dead herbaceous stems. The species was also re-ported to occur on Angelica spp. in England (Dennis, 1978). | |||