Diatractium Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 18(4/6): 183 (1921)

Index Fungorum number: IF 1502; MycoBank number: MB 1502; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13485; 2 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020); 1 species with sequence data.

Type species – Diatractium cordiae (F. Stevens) Syd. & P. Syd.

Notes – Diatractium has ascospores that are isthmoid (narrowed over a significant length of the central portion of the spore, Cannon 1989). Species of Diatractium are parasitic on leaves (Cannon 1989). Palmateer et al. (2008) provided sequence data for D. cordianum (Ellis & Kelsey) Syd.

Species

  • Diatractium cordiae