Dothideomycetes families incertae sedis » Meliolinaceae » Briania

Briania fruticetum

Briania fruticetum D.R. Reynolds, Pacific Sci. 43(2): 161 (1989).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 125441; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12096, Fig. 1

Description: see Reynolds (1989).

Material considered: see Reynolds (1989).

Fig. 1 Briania fruticetum (ILL 6503, holotype, re-drawn from Fig. 2 in Reynolds 1989). a Phialide with collarette at apex (× 2100). b Hyphal tip before differentiation into phialide (× 1800). c Cluster of conidia at apex of phialide (× 3000). d Phialide apex with truncated conidium at early stage of separation (× 3000).

Fig. 2 Briania fruticetum (re-drawn from Plate 52B in Seifert et al. 2011).

Importance and distribution

Briania comprises only one species known on Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae) in the United States (Hawaii).

 

References

Gams W, Holubova-Jechova V. 1976 – Chloridium and some other dematiaceous hyphomycetes growing on decaying wood. Studies in mycology 13. Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Baarn.

Reynolds DR. 1989 – Briania gen. nov. and Briania fruticetum sp. nov. Pacific Science 43(2), 161–165.

Seifert K, Morgan-Jones G, Gams W, Kendrick B. 2011 – The genera of hyphomycetes. CBS Biodiversity Series no. 9: 1–997. CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands.

 

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