Uleodothis balansiana

Uleodothis balansiana (Sacc., Roum. & Berl.) Theiss. & Syd., Annls mycol. 13(3/4): 305 (1915).

≡ Plowrightia balansiana Sacc., Roum. & Berl., Revue mycol., Toulouse 7(no. 26): 157 (1885).

Index Fungorum number: IF 153174; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00094, Fig. 1

Description: see Hyde et al. (2018).

Material considered: see Hyde et al. (2018).

Fig. 1 Uleodothis balansiana (BR 5020077187720, modified from Fig. 1 in Hyde et al. 2018). a Appearance of ascostromata on host substrate. b Section through ascostroma. c Cellular Pseudoparaphyses. d Peridium. e, f Asci with ascospores. g, h Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 100 μm, c, d = 20 μm, e, f = 50 μm, g, h = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Species of Uleodothis are epiphytic on surface of leaves. As epiphytes, they contribute to leaf litter decomposition and play an important role in recycling of nutrients in the ecosystem (Yao et al. 2019). Although there are 11 Uleodothis epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), several species have been transferred to other genera such as Achorella, Stigmochora and Tomasellia. Uleodothis comprises eight species known on Adenocalymna sp. (Bignoniaceae), Bignonia sp. (Bignoniaceae), Mikania ruiziana (Asteraceae), Paspalum conjugatum (Poaceae), Phoenix sp. (Arecaceae), Pteridium aquilinum var. caudatum (Dennstaedtiaceae), Tamarindus indica (Fabaceae) and Tinospora cordifolia (Menispermaceae) Uleodothis is distributed in Asia (India), North America (Caribbean (Puerto Rico), the United States) and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana). Future studies must attempt to re-collect Uleodothis as DNA sequence data is lacking for the genus.

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