Interesting dematiaceous Hyphomycetes on Lodoiceamaldivica dead fragments

Abstract

Two new species, Virgariella lodoicea and Cacumisporium oceanicum and a new record of Diplocladiella scalaroides from Seychelles islands are proposed. A species of Helicosporium which could not be determined is also described.

Keywords::

• New species
• Virgariella lodoicea
• Cacumisporium oceanicum
• fungi
• Seychelles islands

Acknowledgements

The authors thank Prof. Aurora Montemartini Corte and Dr Marcella Pasqualetti for having revised the work, the Director of the “Centro Ricerche per la Patologia Vegetale” in Rome for a kind admittance to the Institute Library, Miss Laura Tavoloni and Miss. Anna Billi of the Centro per la Biblioteca of the Tuscia University and Dr Tiziana Babusci from the Department of Environmental Biology of the Roma University “La Sapienza” for their valid assistance in bibliographic researches.