Mycosphaerellaceae
Xenopassalora petrophiles Crous , legitimate, scientific
Crous, P.W., Wingfield, M.J., Burgess, T.I. et al. (20 December 2017), Fungal Planet description sheets: 625-715. Persoonia 39: 367 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Typus. Australia, New South Wales, Fitzroy Falls, on leaves of Petrophile pedunculata (Proteaceae), 26 Nov. 2016, P.W. Crous (holotype CBS H-23270, culture ex-type CPC 32085 = CBS 143180 ...)"
  • Text: DNA sequences: from culture ex-type: GenBank MG386035 (ITS), MG386088 (LSU), MG386140 (rpb2)
  • Text: Fungal Planet description sheet 667, with authors indicated as “Crous, P.W., Groenewald, J.Z., Wingfield, M.J., Burgess, T.I. & Hardy, G.E.St J."
  • Text: identifier: MB 823377
  • Etymology: "Name refers to Petrophile, the host genus from which this fungus was collected."