Maculatifrondes

Maculatifrondes is a genus of fungi in the order Phyllachorales. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Maculatifrondes aequatoriensis. The fungus, first discovered in Ecuador, is associated with leaf spot of palms.[1]

Maculatifrondes
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Maculatifrondes

K.D.Hyde (1996)
Species:
M. aequatoriensis
Type species
Maculatifrondes aequatoriensis
K.D.Hyde (1996)

References

  1. Hyde KD, Stanley SJ, Steinke TD (1996). "Fungi associated with leaf spots of palms. Maculatifrondis aequatoriensis gen. et sp. nov., with a Cyclodomus anamorph, and Myelosperma parasitica sp. nov". Mycological Research. 100 (12): 1509–14. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(96)80087-6.

Maculatifrondes in Index Fungorum


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