Maculatifrondes

Maculatifrondes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Phyllachorales
Family: Phyllachoraceae
Genus: Maculatifrondes
K.D.Hyde (1996)
Species: M. aequatoriensis
Type species
Maculatifrondes aequatoriensis
K.D.Hyde (1996)

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]

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.

External links

Maculatifrondes in Index Fungorum.