Abstract
During a survey of hyphomycetes, Passalora trichophila sp. nov. was discovered on living leaves of Ficus mysorensis (Moraceae) in a subtropical forest of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. This species is described, illustrated and compared with morphologically similar species. A key to species of Passalora found on Ficus is provided. Descriptions and nomenclatural details were deposited in MycoBank (www.MycoBank.org).
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We are grateful to an anonymous reviewer for helpful remarks on the manuscript. We are much obliged to the Head of the Department of Botany, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur and the Director, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, for providing library and laboratory facilities. We thank the technical staff, Subodh Kumar for scanning electron microscopy. Authors’ thanks are also due to the Curator, HCIO, New Delhi, for accepting the holotype specimens and providing an accession number thereof.
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Singh, R., Kumar, S., Saini, D.C. et al. Diversity of Passalora on Ficus . Mycol Progress 12, 637–643 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-012-0870-6
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