A new species of Appendicospora from Hong Kong

Abstract

A new species of Appendicospora, A. hongkongensis, occurring on fronds of Livistona chinensis in Hong Kong is described and illustrated with interference contrast micrographs. It differs from A. coryphae in having larger ascomata and ascospores, and a peridium of brown-walled cells. The differences between Apiospora and Appendicospora are reexamined in the light of the cultural characteristics of the latter.