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PHAEODISCUS, A NEW GENUS OF SCLEROTINIACEAE (INOPERCULATAE: DISCOMYCETES)
Author(s) -
Batra Lekh R.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1968.tb07486.x
Subject(s) - biology , ascocarp , genus , botany , taxonomy (biology)
Phaeodiscus , a new genus of Sclerotiniaceae, is described with P. rhamnicola Batra as the single species. It is characterized by an ectal excipulum of subhyaline textura prismatica and textura porrecta; dichotomously branched, golden brown, aculeate paraphyses; and golden brown, narrowly ellipsoid, usually biguttulate ascospores. The two guttules fuse at maturity to form a single central guttule. The apothecia arise from pseudosclerotia consisting of numerous interconnected sclerotules. A number of other Sclerotiniaceae related to the new fungus are compared with it.