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SUBMITTER: Crous PW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3409415 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Crous P W PW Summerell B A BA Shivas R G RG Carnegie A J AJ Groenewald J Z JZ
Persoonia 20120330
Harknessiaceae is introduced as a new family in the ascomycete order Diaporthales to accommodate species of Harknessia with their Wuestneia-like teleomorphs. The family is distinguished by having pycnidial conidiomata with brown, furfuraceous margins, brown conidia with hyaline, tube-like basal appendages, longitudinal striations, and rhexolytic secession. Six species occurring on Eucalyptus are newly introduced, namely H. australiensis, H. ellipsoidea, H. pseudohawaiiensis, and H. ravenstreetin ...[more]