Rickia circopis Thaxter, Proceedings
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.358.2.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087FE-DC3E-C13D-10CB-7DA8FC8C8AE0 |
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Felipe |
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Rickia circopis Thaxter, Proceedings |
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Rickia circopis Thaxter, Proceedings View in CoL of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52: 45, 1916.
Known distribution. Described on Circopis philippinensis Grouvelle ( Coleoptera , Nitidulidae ) from Cameroon and never reported again.
New record from Sierra Leone. Northern Province, near Bumbuna, along the road to Binkolo, 14.XII.1992, W. Rossi , on a few specimens of C. philippinensis collected on flowers of Dissotis sp. ( Melastomataceae ).
Remarks. In the original description the fungus is said to be almost hyaline, but in the thalli from Sierra Leone the perithecium turns to reddish brown with age.
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