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Title: THREE NEW SPECIES OF HYPOMYCES AND THEIR CLADOBYTRYUM ANAMORPHS

Author
item POLDMAA, K - INST. OF ZOOLOGY,ESTONIA
item Samuels, Gary
item LODGE, D - USDA FS PUERTO RICO

Submitted to: Sydowia
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/5/1997
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: Fungi occur on a diversity of substrates. They may devastate crops or serve as essential symbionts for the growth of most forest trees. Some fungi live as parasites on other fungi. These beneficial fungi are used in the biological control of fungal plant pathogens. However, the use of beneficial fungi is hindered by lack of systematic knowledge. This paper presents an account of three new species of mycoparasites that occur on wood-rotting fungi. It includes descriptions and illustrations of both the sexual and asexual states. Using the descriptions and illustrations it is possible to identify these previously unknown fungi and explore their usefulness in controlling other fungi.

Technical Abstract: Three new species of Hypomyces that occur on members of the Aphyllophorales are described. The anamorph of H. viridigriseus is Cladobotryum viridigriseum comb. nov. Hypomyces favoli and H. puertoricensis have unnamed Cladobotrym anamorphs. Hypomyces viridigriseus is known only from the type locality, in Illinois, but its anamorph, described from Ontario, is also known from New York. Hypomyces favoli and H. puertoricensis are known only from Puerto Rico.