Morispora

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Morispora
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Morispora

Salazar-Yepes, Pardo-Card. & Buriticá (2007)
Type species
Morispora tenella
(H.S.Jacks. & Holw.) Salazar-Yepes, Pardo-Card. & Buriticá (2007)
Synonyms [1]

Mainsia tenellaH.S.Jacks. & Holw. (1931)
Gerwasia tenella(H.S.Jacks. & Holw.) Buriticá (1994)

The Morispora is a genus of rust fungi in the family Phragmidiaceae. [2] The genus is monotypic, containing the single South American species Morispora tenella. [3]

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References

  1. "Morispora tenella (H.S. Jacks. & Holw.) Salazar-Yepes, Pardo-Card. & Buriticá 2007". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Salazar-Yepes M, Pardo-Cardona V, Buriticá F (2007). "Especies de Colombia, Ecuador y Perú pertenecientes al género Gerwasia raciborski del orden Uredinales". Caldasia (in Spanish). 29 (1): 105–20.