Dictyodothis berberidis
Dictyodothis berberidis (Rehm) Theiss. & Syd., Annls mycol. 13(3/4): 346 (1915).
≡ Curreya berberidis Rehm, Bih. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Afd. 3 25(no. 6): [4] (1899).
Index Fungorum number: IF 147513; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00077, Fig. 1
Description: see Thambugala et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Thambugala et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Dictyodothis berberidis (W, holotype). a Herbarium label. b Ascostromata on host surface. c Section through ascostroma. d–f Asci. g Peridium. h–j Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 1000 μm, c = 500 μm, d–g = 20 μm, h–j = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Dictyodothis comprises eight species known as saprobes on eight host plants and six plant families namely Berberidaceae, Fabaceae, Magnoliaceae, Malvaceae, Melastomataceae and Oleaceae. Dictyodothis has been reported mainly from Asia (India), South America (Brazil, Chile) and the United States.
References
Barr ME. 1981 – The genus Curreya: an example of taxonomic confusion in the Ascomycetes. Mycologia 73, 599–609.
Barr ME. 1987 – Prodomus to class Loculoascomycetes. Publ. by the author, Amherst.
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota–2009. Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences 1, 1–60.
Thambugala K, Ariyawansa H, Li Y, Boonmee S et al. 2014 – Dothideales. Fungal diversity 68, 105–158.
Theissen F, Sydow H. 1915 – Die Dothideales. Kritisch-systematische riginaluntersuchungen. Annales Mycologici 13, 147–746.
Tilak ST, Kale SB. 1969 – Contribution to our knowledge of ascomycetes of India - XXIII. Sydowia 23(1–6), 24–28.
von Arx JA, Müller E. 1975 – A re-evaluation of the bitunicate Ascomycetes with keys to families and genera. Studies in Mycology 9, 1–159.
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