Dothideomycetes families incertae sedis » Polystomellaceae » Dothidella

Dothidella australis

Dothidella australis Speg., Anal. Soc. Cient. Argent. 10: 21 (1880).

≡ Polystomella pulcherrima Speg., Anal. Soc. cient. argent. 26(1): 53 (1888).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 233978; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06491, Fig. 1

Description: see Hyde et al. (2013).

Material considered: see Hyde et al. (2013).

Fig. 1 Dothidella australis (LPS 318, holotype). a Specimen. b Appearance of stromata on the host substrate. c Section through stroma. d–f Asci. g–i Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 1 cm, b = 1 mm, c = 50 μm, d–f = 20 μm, g–i = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

There are 150 Dothidella epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but many species have been transferred to other genera such as Achorella, Arthopyrenia, Asterotexis, Atopospora, Coccochora, Coccoidella, Coniella, Cyclotheca, Darwiniella, Diplochorella, Diplodia, Dothidasteromella, Dothidea, Endodothella, Gibbera, Isomunkia, Leveillina, Microcyclus, Mycosphaerella, Omphalospora, Phaeodothiopsis, Phaeodothis, Phoma, Phycomelaina, Phyllachora, Phylleutypa, Placostroma, Platychora, Polythrincium, Pseudocercospora, Pseudomeliola, Pseudothis, Pyrenobotrys, Pyrenocollema, Rehmiodothis, Rhagadolobium, Rhopographus, Rosenscheldiella, Scirrhia, Septomazzantia, Stegophora, Stigmochora, Systremma, Telimena and Uleodothis. Dothidella comprises 34 species known on a wide range of plants such as Trichocline argentea (Asteraceae), Epilobium angustifolium (Onagraceae), Agrostis rivularis (Poaceae), Alnus crispa (Betulaceae), Andira inermis (Fabaceae), Angelica archangelica (Apiaceae), Ocotea acutifolia (Lauraceae), Aristida dichotoma (Poaceae), Distichlis spicata (Poaceae), Solanum sp. (Solanaceae), Bambusa sp. (Poaceae), and Asplenium dentatum (Aspleniaceae). Dothidella is reported from Asia (Myanmar), Europe (Portugal), North America (Caribbean (Haiti, Puerto Rico), Greenland, The United States) and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Uruguay).

 

References

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

Liu JK, Phookamsak R, Doilom M, Wiki S et al. 2012a – Towards a natural classification of Botryosphaeriales. Fungal Diversity 57, 149–210.

Liu Y, Liu Z, Wongkaew S. 2012b – Developing characteristics and relationships of Shiraia bambusicoloa with bamboo. Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology 43, 17–22.

Monkai J, Liu JK, Boonmee S, Chomnunti P, Chukeatirote E, Jones EBG, Wang Y, Hyde KD. 2013 – Planistromellaceae (Botryosphaeriales). Cryptogamie Mycologie 34, 45–77.

 

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