Pestalotiopsis microspora

*Pestalotiopsis microspora*
Mycological characteristics
Pestalotiopsis microspora Mycological characteristics
	Hymenium attachment is not applicable
	Spore print is blackish-brown
	Ecology is parasitic
	Edibility is unknown

Pestalotiopsis microspora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Subclass:	Xylariomycetidae
Order:	Xylariales
Family:	Amphisphaeriaceae
Genus:	Pestalotiopsis
Species:	P. microspora
Binomial name
	Pestalotiopsis microspora; (Speg.) G.C. Zhao & N. Li
Varieties
	P. microspora microspora; P. microspora philippinensis;
Synonyms
	Pestalotia dichaeta Speg.; Pestalotia micheneri Guba; Pestalotia microspora Speg.; Pestalotiopsis dichaeta (Speg.) Steyaert;

Pestalotiopsis microspora is a species of endophytic fungus capable of breaking down and digesting polyurethane.^[1] Originally identified in fallen foliage of common ivy (L: Hederae helicis) in Buenos Aires,^[2] it also causes leaf spot in Hidcote (Hypericum patulum) shrubs in Japan.^[3]

External links

^ Jonathan R. Russell, Jeffrey Huang, Pria Anand, Kaury Kucera, Amanda G. Sandoval, Kathleen W. Dantzler, DaShawn Hickman, Justin Jee, Farrah M. Kimovec, David Koppstein, Daniel H. Marks, Paul A. Mittermiller, Salvador Joel Núñez, Marina Santiago, Maria A. Townes, Michael Vishnevetsky, Neely E. Williams, Mario Percy Núñez Vargas, Lori-Ann Boulanger, Carol Bascom-Slack, and Scott A. Strobel (15). "Biodegradation of Polyester Polyurethane by Endophytic Fungi". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77 (17). Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology: 6076–6084. ISSN 1098-5336. PMID 21764951. Retrieved 1 February 2012. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Saccardo, Pier Andrea. Sylloge fungorum omnium hucusque cognitorum (in Latin). Vol. 3. p. 789. OL 7025165M.
^ http://www.apsnet.org/publications/plantdisease/2010/August/Pages/94_8_1064.2.aspx

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Pestalotiopsis microspora Mycological characteristics
	Hymenium attachment is not applicable
	Spore print is blackish-brown
	Ecology is parasitic
	Edibility is unknown