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Species MB504461 Neofusicoccum mediterraneum Crous, M.J. Wingf. & A.J.L. Phillips 2007   Non abbreviated authority: Crous, M.J. Wingfield & A.J.L. Phillips Bibliography: Crous, P.W.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Wingfield, M.J.; Phillips, A.J.L., 2007, Fungal Planet no. 19: (more info) Year of publication: 2007 Status of the name: basionym; legitimate MycoBank's opinion: currently used Classification: Fungi, Anamorphic fungi, Neofusicoccum 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 Neofusicocci parvi similis, sed conidiis majoribus, (19-)22-26(-27) x (5.5-)6(-6.5) µm. Original description Associated with branch die-back and leaf tip-blight symptoms on Eucalyptus sp. on the Island of Rhodes, and drupe rot of Olea europaea in Italy. Conidiomata amphigenous, pycnidioid, stromatic, brown, up to 450 µm diam in culture (sporulating on sterilized pine needles); ostiolate, exuding conidia in a white mucoid mass; wall consisting of 3-5 layers of brown textura angularis. Conidiophores lining the inner layer of the conidioma, hyaline, smooth, 0-1-septate, 15-40 x 3-5 µm. Conidiogenous cells integrated, phialidic, subcylindrical, rarely ampulliform, 15-30 x 3-5 µm; proliferating several times percurrently near apex, rarely with minute periclinal thickening. Conidia granular, hyaline, smooth, thin-walled, fusoid-ellipsoidal, widest in the middle or in the upper third, apex subobtuse, base subtruncate, somewhat flattened with minute marginal frill, (19-)22-26(-27) x (5.5-)6(-6.5) µm in vitro (av. 24 x 6 µm; L:W = 4:1). Etymology Named for the Mediterranean region where this fungus was discovered. Date entered: 11/07/2007 04:58:24 Date of release: 05/09/2007 01:14:19 Entered by: Mycobank administration Illustration #1: Description: conidia Author(s): P.W. Crous Illustration #2: Description: conidia Author(s): P.W. Crous Illustration #3: Description: conidia Author(s): P.W. Crous Illustration #4: Description: conidia Author(s): P.W. Crous Illustration #5: Description: conidia Author(s): P.W. Crous Illustration #6: Description: conidia Author(s): P.W. Crous Illustration #7: Description: conidiomata Author(s): P.W. Crous Illustration #8: Description: conidia and conidiogenous cells Author(s): P.W. Crous Illustration #9: Description: conidia and conidiogenous cells Author(s): P.W. Crous Illustration #10: Description: conidia and conidiogenous cells Author(s): P.W. Crous Illustration #11: Description: conidia and conidiogenous cells Author(s): P.W. Crous Illustration #12: Description: conidia and conidiogenous cells Author(s): P.W. Crous Type specimen Herbarium number: CBS H-19921 Collected by: P.W. Crous, M.J. Wingfield & A.J.L. Phillips, 12 Jun 2006, 2006 Substrate: Eucalyptus sp., branches and leaves Location: Greece, Rhodes, Rhodos Palace Hotel Parking Lot