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Trichodelitschia bisporula

Trichodelitschia bisporula (P. Crouan & H. Crouan) Munk, Dansk bot. Ark. 15(no. 2): 109 (1953).

≡ Hormospora bisporula P. Crouan & H. Crouan, Florule Finistère (Paris): 21 (1867).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 282964; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11995, Fig. 1

Description: see Ebersohn and Eicker (1992); Kruys and Wedin (2006).

Material examined: see Ebersohn and Eicker (1992); Kruys and Wedin (2006).

Fig. 1 Trichodelitschia bisporula (re-drawn from Figs. 22, 23 in Richardson and Watling 1996). a Pseudothecium. b Expanded ascus broken through the outer wall, with ascospores. Scale bars: a = 300 μm, b = 20 μm.

Importance and distribution

Trichodelitschia comprises four species known on dung of Bos taurus (Bovidae), Alces (Cervidae), Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffidae) and Cervus canadensis (Cervidae). Trichodelitschia is reported from Europe (Sweden, Norway), South Africa and the United States (Nevada).

 

References 

Barr ME. 2000 – Notes on coprophilous bitunicate Ascomycetes. Mycotaxon 76, 105–11.

Crouan PL, Crouan H. 1867 – Florule de Finistère, Contenant des Descriptions de 360 Espèces Nouvelles de Sporogames, des Nombreuses Observations 21, 262.

Ebersohn C, Eicker A. 1992 – Trichodelitschia microspora, a new coprophilous species from South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 58, 145–146.

Eriksson OE, Hawksworth DL. 1988 – Notes on ascomycete systematics – Nos 552-727. Systema Ascomycetum 7, 59–101.

Kruys A, Eriksson OE, Wedin M. 2006 – Phylogenetic relationships of coprophilous Pleosporales (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota), and the classification of some bitunicate taxa of unknown position. Mycological Research 110, 527–536.

Luck-Allen ER. 1970 – A new species of Trichodelitschia. Nova Hedwigia 19, 305–309.

Lundqvist N. 1964 – The genus Trichodelilschia in Sweden. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 58, 267–272.

Munk A. 1957 – Danish pyrenomycetes. A preliminary flora. Dansk botanisk Arkiv 17, 1–491.

Parguey-Leduc A. 1974 – Les asques et L´ontogénie des périthèces chez les Trichodelitschia. Bulletin de la société mycologique de France 90, 101–120.

Welt P, Heine N. 2006 – Beiträge zur Kenntnis coprophiler Pilze 3. Coprophile Pilzfunde im Montafon (Vorarlberg, Österreich). Österr. Z. Pilzk. 15.

 

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