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MB501000
Heteroconium eucalypti Crous & M. J. Wingfield 2006  
Bibliography:Crous, P.W.; Groeneveld, J.Z.; Wingfield, M.J., 2006, Fungal Planet no. 10: (more info)
Year of publication:2006
Status of the name:basionym; legitimate
MycoBank's opinion:currently used
Classification:Fungi, Anamorphic fungi, Heteroconium
Obligate synonym(s):none
Morphic status:Anamorph (teleomorph connection(s) unknown or not recorded)
Taxonomic synonym(s):
Ordered by epithet name
none
Descriptions:
Latin diagnosis

Conidia subcylindrica vel ellipsoidea, catenata, sicca, verruculosa, sursum obtusa, ad basim truncata, 0–6-septata, 10–35 × 5–7 ìm, ad septa constricta.

Latin diagnosis (Crous, P.W.; Groeneveld, J.Z.; Wingfield, M.J. 2006, Fungal Planet no. 10)

Latin diagnosis: Conidia subcylindrica vel ellipsoidea, catenata, sicca, verruculosa, sursum obtusa, ad basim truncata, 0-6-septata, 10-35 x 5-7 µm, ad septa constricta.
Typus: Uruguay, La Turrita, on leaves of Eucalyptus dunnii, Jan. 2005, collected by M.J. Wingfield, CBS-H 19766, holotypus; cultures ex-type CPC 12111 = CBS 120122, CPC 12112-12113.


Original description

Leaf spots predominantly hypophyllous, to some degree visible on the upper leaf surface on older spots, circular, 3–6 mm diam; spots dark brown to black, colour in concentric rings, inner region more grey-brown, becoming dark-brown, with outer region red-brown as it approaches the distinct margin which is not raised, and confluent with the leaf tissue; spots covered with fluffy, brown sporulation. Mycelium internal and superficial, consisting of branched, septate, medium brown, smooth to rough hyphae, covering large portions of the leaf spots. Conidiophores arising as lateral branches from hyphae, erect, cylindrical to ellipsoidal, brown, 1–2-septate with terminal loci visible, 10–15 × 5–7 µm. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic, integrated, terminal, 5–7 × 5–6 µm. Conidia subcylindrical to ellipsoidal, tapering towards both ends, catenate, dry, verruculose, apex obtuse, base truncate, 0–6-septate, 10–35 × 5–7 µm, becoming constricted at the septa.

Original description (Crous, P.W.; Groeneveld, J.Z.; Wingfield, M.J. 2006, Fungal Planet no. 10)

Leaf spots predominantly hypophyllous, to some degree visible on the upper leaf surface on older spots, circular, 3-6 mm diam; spots dark brown to black, colour in concentric rings, inner region more grey-brown, becoming dark-brown, with outer region red-brown as it approaches the distinct margin which is not raised, and confluent with the leaf tissue; spots covered with fluffy, brown sporulation. Mycelium internal and superficial, consisting of branched, septate, medium brown, smooth to rough hyphae, covering large portions of the leaf spots. Conidiophores arising as lateral branches from hyphae, erect, cylindrical to ellipsoidal, brown, 1-2-septate with terminal loci visible, 10-15 x 5-7 µm. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic, integrated, terminal, 5-7 x 5-6 µm. Conidia subcylindrical to ellipsoidal, tapering towards both ends, catenate, dry, verruculose, apex obtuse, base truncate, 0-6-septate, 10-35 x 5-7 µm, becoming constricted at the septa.
Cultural characteristics: Colonies on 2 % malt extract agar (Oxoid) slow-growing, reaching 15 mm diam after 2 months at 25 °C; erumpent with moderate umber aerial mycelium and chestnut outer border; margins smooth, regular; reverse olivaceous-black; colonies fertile.
Typus: Uruguay, La Turrita, on leaves of Eucalyptus dunnii, Jan. 2005, collected by M.J. Wingfield, CBS-H 19766, holotypus; cultures ex-type CPC 12111 = CBS 120122, CPC 12112-12113.

Etymology

Named after its host, Eucalyptus.

Date entered:05/06/2006 02:00:38
Entered by:Mycobank administration
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Description: Conidia

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Description: Conidium

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Description: Conidia

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Description: Conidium

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Description: Conidia

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Description: Conidium

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Description: Conidia

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Description: Leaf spot

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Description: Leaf spot detail

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Description: Leaf spot

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Description: Leaf spot

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Description: Leaf spot

Author(s): P. Crous

Type specimen


Herbarium number:CBS H-19766
Collected by:M.J. Wingfield, 2005
Substrate:Eucalyptus dunnii, leaves
Location:Uruguay, La Turrita