Figure. Buergenerula spartinae (NYBG986085). A–B. Ascomata. C–D. Asci. E–F. Ascospores. G. Hyphopodium. Scale bars: A = 200 µm; B = 50 µm; C–G = 10 µm.
Buergenerula spartinae Kohlm. & R.V. Gessner, Can. J. Bot. 54(15): 1764 (1976).
MycoBank: MB310003.
Ascomata perithecial, immersed, solitary or gregarious, dark brown to black, 200–450 µm diam, with a cylindrical, hyaline to brownish neck, 150–250 × 90–150 µm. Paraphyses hyaline, septate, dissolving at maturity. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, clavate, 100–165 × 15–20 µm, with a refractive ring. Ascospores biseriate in ascus, clavate, rounded at apex, narrowed toward base, straight or slightly curved, 3-septate, not or slightly constricted at septum, hyaline to yellowish, smooth, 35–55 × 9–13 µm. On CMA with seawater, conidiophores branched, up to 20 µm long. Conidiogenous cells phialidic. Conidia curved, 5 × 2 µm (Asexual state description from Kohlmeyer and Gessner, 1976).
Typification: Holotype NY J. Kohlmeyer (JK) No. 3498. Isotype IMS JK3498. Paratypes NY and IMS JK3503.
Specimens examined: Argentina, Buenos Aires, on Spartina alterniflora, 17 Oct. 1973, JK3498 (NY986083 notes, NY986084 dried specimen, NY986085 slides, NY986086 slides), JK3503 (NY986087).
Gene sequences: DQ341492 (28S), JX134666 (ITS), JX134692 (TEF1).
Genome sequences: SRX798618 (transcriptome).
Hosts/substrates: On leaf sheaths and dead stalks of Spartina and Panicum virgatum (Poaceae).
Distribution: Argentina, Canada, China, UK, USA.
Notes: Buergenerula spartinae was reported mainly on old leaf sheaths and dead stalks of Spartina in salt marshes.
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