Asterostomella is a genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any order.[1] They are leaf parasites.[2] Such as Asterostomella miliusaeA.K. Singh, Kamal & Shiv K. Singh (1982) is found on Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.) Finet & Gagnep. plants in India as a type of 'black mildew'.[3]

Asterostomella
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Asterostomella

Type species
Asterostomella paraguayensis
Speg. Anal.Soc. cient. argent. 22 (4): 198 (1886).

It is found in South America (including Brazil and Argentina[4]), Africa and parts of Asia.[5] Including the Philippine Islands.[6][7]

Description

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The coelomycetous genus is characterised by brown, ovoid, aseptate pycnidia (fruiting body), sometimes with a non-pigmented band in the middle. The genus is considered as a member of Asterinaceae based on its scutellate (shaped like a shield or platter),[8] or orbicular,[2] conidiomata (blister fruiting body) with stellate dehiscence, which is similar to Asterina.[8]

Species

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As accepted by Species Fungorum;[9]

Former species;

  • A. cristata (Speg.) Speg. (1910) = Asterina solanicola Asterinaceae
  • A. epiphylla var. gallica Bourdot & Galzin (1911) = Asterostomella epiphylla
  • A. lepianthis Hosag., M.P. Balakr. & Goos (1996) = Asterina lepianthis
  • A. meliosmae I. Hino & Katum. (1961) = Asterostomella tosaensis
  • A. meliosmicola Hosag., M.P. Balakr. & Goos (1996) = Asterostomella meliosmigena
  • A. veronicae G. Arnaud (1918) = Asterina veronicae

References

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  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
  2. ^ a b "Dothideomycetes". dothideomycetes.org. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b Singh, Anil K.; Singh, Kamal; Singh, S. K. (20 August 1982). "A NEW SPECIES OF ASTEROSTOMELLA SPEG. FROM INDIA". Current Science. 51 (16): 787–789.
  4. ^ CAB International, 1995Fungi from Brazil: Recorded by Batista and Co-workers, Mycological papers, ISSN 0027-5522, p. 52, at Google Books
  5. ^ "Asterostomella Speg". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  6. ^ New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research DSIR Bulletin, Issue 230, 1981 at Google Books
  7. ^ Nicanor Gonzalo Teodoro y Gregorio An Enumeration of Philippine Fungi (1937), p. 426, at Google Books
  8. ^ a b Chethana, Thilini (8 June 2022). "Asterostomella - Facesoffungi number: FoF 06730". Faces Of Fungi. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Asterostomella - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Asterostomella dhanikariensis sp. nov. a-Appressoriate mycelium; b-Pycnothyrium; c-Pycnothyriospores". Retrieved 5 November 2022.
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