Bryochiton monascus
Bryochiton monascus Döbbeler & Poelt, Mitt. bot. StSamml., Münch. 14: 218 (1978).
Index Fungorum number: IF 309958; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03181, Fig. 1
Description: see Hyde et al. (2017).
Material examined: see Hyde et al. (2017).
Figure 1. Bryochiton monascus (GZU, holotype) a, b Herbarium label and specimen. c Section of ascoma. d Peridium. e Close up of squash mount of ascoma with setae. h−j Asci. k−o Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 200 µm, d, h−j = 20 e, g = 10 µm, f = 30 µm.
Importance and distribution
Bryochiton comprises five species known on five host plants within Grimmiaceae, Gymnomitriaceae, Polytrichaceae and Ptilidiaceae. They are known from Europe (Austria, Sweden) and South America (Peru).
References
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Hyde KD, Norphanphoun C, Abreu VP, Bazzicalupo A et al. 2017 – Fungal diversity notes 603–708: Taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on genera and species. Fungal Diversity 87, 1–235.
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2007 – Outline of ascomycota–2007. Myconet 13, 1–58.
Scott JA, Ewaze JO, Summerbell RC, Arocha-Rosete Y et al. 2016 – Multilocus DNA sequencing of the whiskey fungus reveals a continental-scale speciation pattern. Persoonia 37, 13–20.
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Stenroos S, Laukka T, Huhtinen S, Döbbeler P, Myllys L, Syrjänen K, Hyvönen J. 2010 – Multiple origins of symbioses between ascomycetes and bryophytes suggested by a five-gene phylogeny. Cladistics 26, 281–300.
Wäli PP, Huhtinen S, Pino-Bodas R, Stenroos S. 2014 – Three common bryophilous fungi with meristematic anamorphs and phylogenetic alliance to Teratosphaeriaceae, Capnodiales. Fungal Biology 118, 956–69.
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