Chaetocapnodium siamense
Chaetocapnodium siamense Hongsanan & K.D. Hyde, in Liu et al., Fungal Diversity: 10.1007/s13225-015-0324-y, [69] (2015).
Index Fungorum number: IF 631613; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00397, Fig. 1
Description: see Liu et al. (2015).
Material examined: see Liu et al. (2015).
Fig. 1 Chaetocapnodium siamensis (MFLU 14–0747, holotype). a Specimens. b Ascoma on surface of leaves. c Section through ascoma. d Peridium. e, f Asci. g Peridium with setae. h Conidia of possible associated taxon. i Thallus under ascoma. j–m Ascospores. Scale bars: b, c = 100 μm, d–f, h, i = 20 μm, g = 10 μm, j–m= 5 μm.
Importance and distribution
Chaetocapnodium species are saprobic sooty moulds. They are decomposers that break down exuded plant materials as their source of nutrition. They can also cover leaves, blocking light and reducing the rate of photosynthesis (Abdollahzadeh et al. 2020). The genus comprises only one species known on leaves of unidentified plant in Asia (Thailand).
References
Abdollahzadeh J, Groenewald JZ, Coetzee M, Wingfield MJ, Crous P 2020 – Evolution of lifestyles in Capnodiales. Studies in Mycology 95, 381–414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simy co.2020.02.004
Liu JK, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Ariyawansa HA et al. 2015 – Fungal diversity notes 1–110: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal species. Fungal Diversity 72, 1–197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-015-0324-y
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