 Phylum：Anamorphic fungi >> Class： Anamorphic fungi >> Order： Anamorphic fungi |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Pseudocercospora athyrii | |||
| Author： |
Pseudocercospora athyrii Goh & Hsieh, Trans. mycol. Soc. R.O.C. 4: 25-38. 1989. |
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| Description： |
Leaf spots irregular, brown, up to 3 mm wide, without defmite margin. Fruiting epiphyllous. Secondary mycelium absent. Stromata irregular, dark brown, subimmersed, 20-50 μm wide. Conidiophores densely fasciculate, subhyaline to pale olivaceous, cylindric to filiform, erect to undulate, 0-2 septate, 0-1 geniculate, very rarely branched, truncate at the apex, 10-70 × 2-3 μm; conidial scars indistinct. Conidia acicular, often curved or undulate, subhyaline, smooth, indistinctly multiseptate, acute at the apex, truncate at the base, 60-80 × 2-3 μm; hilum indistinct. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Taipei, Yangminshan, 30 Aug. 1986, holotype, NCHUPP-228. |
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| Habitat： |
On leaves of Athyrium japonicum (Thunb.) Copel. | |||
| Distribution： |
Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Goh, TK and Hsieh, WH. 1989. |
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| Provided： |
W. H. Hsieh |
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| Note： |
Cercospora athyrii Mendoza (Philipp. Jour. Sci. 75:165, 1941) on Athyrium esculentum (Retz.) Copel. differs from this fungus by the presence of thickened conidial scars. | |||