Hyde, K.D. 1994: Fungi from palms. XIII. The genus Oxydothis, a revision. Sydowia 46: 265-314.
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Hyde, K.D. 1994: Fungi from palms. XIII. The genus Oxydothis, a revision. Sydowia 46: 265-314.
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Taxonomic concepts
Leiosphaerella cocoes (Petch) Samuels & Rossman 1987
Leiosphaerella longispora Sivan., D.E. Shaw & J.S. Br. 1977 [1976]
Metasphaeria cocoes Petch 1909
Oxydothis oedema (Ces. & De Not.) K.D. Hyde 1994
Descriptions
Materialexamined.- NEW ZEALAND: Titiokura, on dead stem of Rhipogonum, 1860, M. J. Berkeley, K (holotype). Northland, Hokianga County, vie. Mangamuka Bridge, Omahuta State Forest, at forest headquarters, on Rhopalostylis sapida H. A. Wendland & Drude, Samuels 83-507, May 1983, PDD 45779 (holotype of Oxydothis rhopalostylidis).
Ascomata forming under individually weakly raised, black areas, 300-600 µm diam, on the host surface, surrounded by a darkened margin, single or clustered (Plate 15g,h); in section cylindrical, long axis parallel to that of the host surface, papilla at one end, curving upwards and piercing the host cuticle. - Asci (not intact) long cylindrical, ring subapical, J+, discoid, 0.8 µm high, 3.6-4 µm diam. -Ascospores 70-83 x 5-7 µm, fusiform, tapering from the central septum to form pointed processes (Plate 15i; Tab. 1).
Cited scientific names
- Leiosphaerella cocoes (Petch) Samuels & Rossman 1987
- Leiosphaerella longispora Sivan., D.E. Shaw & J.S. Br. 1977 [1976]
- Metasphaeria cocoes Petch 1909
- Oxydothis oedema (Ces. & De Not.) K.D. Hyde 1994
- Oxydothis opaca (Berk.) K.D. Hyde 1994
- Oxydothis rhopalostylidis Samuels & Rossman 1987
- Oxydothis selenosporellae Samuels & Rossman 1987
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5 March 2010