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Dicephalospora rufocornea (Berk. & Broome) Spooner 1987

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Dicephalospora rufocornea (Berk. & Broome) Spooner 1987
Dicephalospora rufocornea (Berk. & Broome) Spooner 1987

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Recorded in error
New Zealand
Political Region
Anon
Johnston (1990-2021) mistakenly referred a common Phormium-inhabiting discomycete to this species. Although there is some variation in ascospore shape, this fungus is now accepted as Helotium phormium.

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(Berk. & Broome) Spooner
Berk. & Broome
Spooner
Spooner, B.M. 1987: Helotiales of Australasia: Geoglossaceae, Orbiliaceae, Sclerotiniaceae, Hyaloscyphaceae. Bibliotheca Mycologica. 116.
1987
272
ICN
Helotium rufocorneum Berk. & Broome 1873 [1875]
species
Dicephalospora rufocornea

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Fungi
Ascomycota
Leotiomycetes
Helotiales
Helotiaceae
Dicephalospora
rufocornea

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Dicephalospora rufocornea (Berk. & Broome) Spooner 1987
Dicephalospora rufocornea (Berk. & Broome) Spooner (1987)
Hitchmough, R. (compiler) (2002)
Dicephalospora rufocornea (Berk. & Broome) Spooner 1987
Dicephalospora rufocornea (Berk. & Broome) Spooner (1987)
Pennycook, S.R.; Galloway, D.J. (2004)
Dicephalospora rufocornea (Berk. & Broome) Spooner 1987
Dicephalospora rufocornea (Berk. & Broome) Spooner (1987)
Spooner, B.M. (1987)
Helotium rufocorneum Berk. & Broome 1873 [1875]
Helotium rufocorneum Berk. & Broome (1873) [1875]
Berkeley, M.J.; Broome, C.E. (1873)
Lanzia rufocornea (Berk. & Broome) Dumont 1980
Lanzia rufocornea (Berk. & Broome) Dumont (1980)
Dumont, K.P. (1980)

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Uncertain
New Zealand
Political Region
Anon
NZ material all from Phormium; ITS sequences show close relationship to Helotiaceae sensu Baral (H. fructigenus, H. caudatus, etc.), whereas other Dicephalospora rufocornea material in Genbank (Han et al., JN033401; Zhuang & Liu, DQ986480) is phylogentically distinct.

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Lanzia rufocornea (Berk. & Broome) Dumont 1980
Japan
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taxonomic status
Widespread tropical species reportedly on wood and leaves. All NZ collections referred to this species are restricted to Phormium. The biological speciealisation of the NZ collections reflect genetic difference to other putative D. rufocornea specimens; unpublished ITS sequences from NZ show close relationship to Hymenoscyphus sensu stricto (H. fructigenus, H. caudatus, etc.), phylogentically distinct Dicephalospora sensu Han et al. 2014 and Zheng & Zhuan 2019. See also the description under Helotium phormium.
Anon The New Zealand Collections of Fungi and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. http://NZFUNGI.LandcareResearch.co.nz/

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30 August 2000
2 December 2009
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