A new species of the conidial fungal genus Spegazzinia (Pleosporales, Didymosphaeriaceae) collected on sugarcane in Cuba

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 12 Dec 2017Publisher:Magnolia PressJournal:Phytotaxa, volume 331 (issn: 1179-3155, eissn: 1179-3163,

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Authors: Mena-Portales, Julio; Cantillo-Pérez, Taimy; Minter, David W.;

doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.331.2.14

A new species of the conidial fungal genus Spegazzinia (Pleosporales, Didymosphaeriaceae) collected on sugarcane in Cuba

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Spegazzinia affinis sp. nov. collected on dead leaves of sugarcane from Cuba is described and illustrated. It is characterized by lobed and echinulate, brown to mid brown type "b" conidia. Its differences and affinities with S. flabellata, S. sundara and S. tessarthra are discussed and a key to known species of the genus is provided.

Related Organizations

State University of Feira de Santana
Brazil
Instituto de Ecologia y Sistemática
Cuba
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Austria

Keywords

Cactaceae, Tracheophyta, Magnoliopsida, Biodiversity, Plantae, Caryophyllales, Taxonomy

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