Asterinaceae Hansf.
Blastacervulus eucalyptorum Crous , legitimate, scientific
Crous, P.W., Wingfield, M.J., Burgess, T.I. et al. (21 December 2016), Fungal Planet description sheets: 469– 557. Persoonia 37: 293 AFL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Typus. Australia, Western Australia, Kalgan, Gull Rock National Park, S35°00.520 E118°02.329, on leaves of Eucalyptus adesmophloia (Myrtaceae), 22 Sept. 2015, P.W. Crous (holotype CBS H-22862, culture ex-type CPC 29450 = CBS 142065 ...)"
  • Text: DNA sequences: from culture ex-type: GenBank KY173390 (ITS), KY173484 (LSU).
  • Text: Fungal Planet description sheet 502, with authors indicated as “Crous, P.W., Groenewald, J.Z., Wingfield, M.J., Burgess, T.I. & Hardy, G.E.St J."
  • Text: identifier: MB 819055
  • Etymology: "Name refers to Eucalyptus, the host genus from which this fungus was collected."
Crous, P.W., Wingfield, M.J., Cheewangkoon, R., Carnegie, A.J., Burgess, T.I., Summerell, B.A., Edwards, J., Taylor, P.W.K. & Groenewald, J.Z. (8 August 2019), Foliar pathogens of eucalypts. Studies in Mycology 94: 145 [secondary reference]