 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Ascomycetes >> Order： Dothideales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Schiffnerula villebruneae | |||
| Author： |
Schiffnerula villebruneae C.Y. Chen & W. H. Hsieh, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sinica. 37: 219-220. 1996. |
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| Description： |
Superficial mycelium loosely reticulate, hypophyllous, dark brown, septate, smooth, branched, hyphopodiate, 3-4 µm wide, up to 10 µm high, entire or 2-3-lobed, alternate, rarely opposite, brown. Ascomata 70-90 µm wide, 35-60 µm high, superficial on mycelia, globose. Peridium mucose diffluent early. Asci 30-45 µm wide, globose, thick-walled, few, bitunicate, 8-spored. Ascospores 17.5-22 × 8-11 µm, ellipsoid or oblong ovoid, dark brown, 1-septate in the middle, constricted at the septum, distinctly echinulate, conglobate inside the ascus. No anamorphs found associated on the material. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Nantou County, Tungpu, 7 Apr. 1995, holotype NCHUPP-2356. |
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| Habitat： |
Parasitic on Villebrunea pedunculatae Shirai. | |||
| Distribution： |
Taiwan |
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| References： |
Hughes, SJ. 1984. |
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| Provided： |
W. H. Hsieh |
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| Note： |
Many species have been described in this genus (Hughes, 1984, 1987; Sivanesan, 1984). No species have been reported either on Villebrunea (Urticaceae), or on other host genera belonging to Urticaceae. | |||