Asterostomella Acalyphae

''Asterostomella'' is a genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown ('' incertae sedis''), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any order. They are leaf parasites. Such as ''Asterostomella miliusae'' is found on ''Miliusa tomentosa'' plants in India as a type of 'black mildew'.

It is found in South America (including Brazil and Argentina), Africa and parts of Asia. Including the Philippine Islands.

Description

The coelomycetous genus is characterised by brown, ovoid, aseptate pycnidia (fruiting body), sometimes with a non-pigmented band in the middle. The genus is considered as a member of Asterinaceae based on its scutellate (shaped like a shield or platter), or orbicular, conidiomata (blister fruiting body) with stellate dehiscence, which is similar to '' Asterina''.

After Speg. had formed the genus in 1886. Several later authors added new species to ''Asterostomella'' including (Petrak and Ciferri 1932; Doidge 1942; Viégas 1945; Batista and Ciferri 1959; Rao and Anahosur 1972; Singh et al. 1982; Hosagouder and Goos 1994; Hosagouder et al. 2007; Hosagouder et al. 2014; Sabeena et al. 2018). Recognising different species in ''Asterostomella'' has been done based on fruiting body diameter and conidial sizes (Reynolds and Gilbert 2005).

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;

* '' Asterostomella aberiae''
* '' Asterostomella acalyphae''
* ''Asterostomella africana''
* '' Asterostomella alangii''
* '' Asterostomella alchorneae''
* '' Asterostomella anogeissi''
* '' Asterostomella australis''
* '' Asterostomella balanseana''
* '' Asterostomella baliospermi''
* '' Asterostomella banisteriae''
* '' Asterostomella boehmeriae''
* '' Asterostomella caperoniae''
* '' Asterostomella capparis''
* ''Asterostomella caricae''
* '' Asterostomella celasteri''
* '' Asterostomella ceropegiae''
* ''Asterostomella combreti''
* ''Asterostomella concinna''
* '' Asterostomella cupaniae''
* ''Asterostomella daphniphylli''
* '' Asterostomella derridicola''
* '' Asterostomella dhanikariensis''
* '' Asterostomella dilleniicola''
* '' Asterostomella diplocarpa''
* '' Asterostomella dispar''
* ''Asterostomella dorsteniae''
* '' Asterostomella elaeocarpi-serrati''
* ''Asterostomella epiphylla''
* ''Asterostomella erysiphoides''
* '' Asterostomella eugeniicola''
* '' Asterostomella excoecariicola''
* '' Asterostomella farrargunjensis''
* ''Asterostomella flacourtiae-montanae''
* '' Asterostomella flacourtiarum''
* '' Asterostomella forsteroniae''
* ''Asterostomella gregariella''
* '' Asterostomella grewiae''
* '' Asterostomella hamatula''
* ''Asterostomella helicteris''
* '' Asterostomella heteropteridis''
* ''Asterostomella horrida''
* '' Asterostomella indecora''
* '' Asterostomella indica''
* ''Asterostomella isonandrae''
* '' Asterostomella isothea''
* '' Asterostomella kushinagarensis''
* '' Asterostomella kutuensis''
* '' Asterostomella lauracearum''
* ''Asterostomella ligustri''
* '' Asterostomella lismorensis''
* ''Asterostomella lunaniae''
* ''Asterostomella maculosa''
* '' Asterostomella meliosmae''
* '' Asterostomella meliosmicola''
* '' Asterostomella meliosmigena''
* '' Asterostomella micheliae''
* '' Asterostomella miliusae''
* '' Asterostomella minuta''
* '' Asterostomella ornata''
* '' Asterostomella orthosticha''
* ''Asterostomella otonephelii''
* '' Asterostomella paraguayensis''
* '' Asterostomella parameriae''
* ''Asterostomella pelladensis''
* '' Asterostomella polystigma''
* '' Asterostomella pongamiae''
* '' Asterostomella pseudospondiadis''
* ''Asterostomella radermacherae''
* ''Asterostomella rhaphiostylidis''
* '' Asterostomella roureae''
* ''Asterostomella scolopiae-crenatae''
* ''Asterostomella shoreae''
* '' Asterostomella splendida''
* ''Asterostomella stipitipodia''
* ''Asterostomella strombosiae''
* '' Asterostomella strophanthi''
* '' Asterostomella terminaliae''
* ''Asterostomella tonduzii''
* ''Asterostomella tosaensis''
* '' Asterostomella trematis''
* '' Asterostomella ubatubensis''
* ''Asterostomella vernoniae''
* ''Asterostomella visci''
* '' Asterostomella vismiae''
* '' Asterostomella walleniae''
* ''Asterostomella xylosmae''
* '' Asterostomella ziziphina''

Former species;
* ''A. cristata'' = ''Asterina solanicola'' Asterinaceae
* ''A. epiphylla'' var. ''gallica'' = ''Asterostomella epiphylla''
* ''A. lepianthis'' = ''Asterina lepianthis''
* ''A. meliosmae'' = ''Asterostomella tosaensis''
* ''A. meliosmicola'' = ''Asterostomella meliosmigena''
* ''A. veronicae'' = '' Asterina veronicae''

References

External links

Index Fungorum

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Asterinaceae