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A new species ofPhaeosphaeria is described from mangroves in South Africa. InPhaeosphaeria capensis ascospores are 29–36×7–8 μm, cylindric-fusiform or somewhat clavate, widest at the middle, narrow at the base and rounded at the apex, (6-)7-septate, light brown or brown, minutely verruculose and surrounded by a spreading, mucilaginous sheath. It is compared withP. luctuosa andP. berlesei from grasses.
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Steinke, T.D., Hyde, K.D. Phaeosphaeria capensis sp. nov. fromAvicennia marina in South Africa. Mycoscience 38, 101–103 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02460843
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