acrostichi

Lophiostoma Ces. & De Not., Commentario della Società Crittogamologica Italiana 1 (4): 219 (1863)

Type species:

Lophiostoma macrostomum (Tode) Ces. & De Not., Commentario della Società Crittogamologica Italiana 1 (4): 219 (1863)

Marine species:

Lophiostoma acrostichi (K.D. Hyde) Aptroot & K.D. Hyde, Fungi in Marine Environments (Fungal Diversity Research Series 7): 106 (2002)

≡Massarina acrostichi K.D. Hyde, Mycological Research 93: 437 (1989)

Index Fungorum Number: 375242                                                   Faces of Fungi: N/A

 Saprobic, sexual morph: Ascomata 300-600 /um diam., conical, immersed, with an erumpent ostiole. Hamathecium consisting of branched, septate pseudoparaphyses, sparsely anastomosing above the asci, filaments c. 2 um wide. Ascospores fusiform (l-3-septate (17-)24-28(-33) x 6-10 um, with a median constriction, not constricted at the additional septa, middle cells equal, broader but shorter than end cells, ends pointed, surrounded by a 3-5 um thick gelatinous sheath. Senescent ascospores pale brownish and ornamented with small warts. Asexual morph: Undetermined.

Key references:

Hyde KD (1989). Intertidal fungi from the mangrove fern, Acrostichum speciosum, including Massarina acrostichi sp. nov. Mycological Research. 93:435–438

Hyde KD, Wong WSW, Aptroot A (2002).  Marine and estuarine species of Lophiostoma and Massarina. In: Fungi in Marine Environments (Fungal Diversity Research Series 7). :93–109.

Key to marine Lophiostoma species:

1. Species saprobic on the fern Acrostichum speciosum                                       L. acrostichi

1. Species on other substrata                                                                            2

    2. Species saprobic on Rhizophora mucronata                                                 L. rhizophorae

    2. Species isolated as endophytes of marine plants                                          L. corticola