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Trichothyrium sarciniferum

Trichothyrium sarciniferum Speg., Boln Acad. nac. Cienc. Córdoba 11(4): 556 (1889).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 161963; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07919, Fig. 1

Description: see Wu et al. (2011).

Material considered: see Wu et al. (2011).

Fig. 1 Trichothyrium peristomalis (FH 258807 holotype). a Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. b, c Squash mount of ascoma. d Section through ascoma. e, f Asci with ascospores. g–i Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b = 20 μm, c–i = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

There are 36 Trichothyrium epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Microthyrium, Stomiopeltis, Trichothyrina and Trichothyriomyces. Trichothyrium species are hyper parasitic on other fungi. Trichothyrium comprises 25 species recorded on plants such as Cinnamomum inunctum (Lauraceae), Cyathodes fasciculata (Ericaceae), Ficus sp. (Moraceae), Griselinia lucida (Griseliniaceae), Irenina sp. (Sapindaceae), Irenopsis sp. (Meliolaceae), Jasminum sp. (Oleaceae), Meliola danielliae (Meliolaceae), Panicum nodosum (Poaceae), Piper aduncum (Piperaceae), Psidium pomiferum (Myrtaceae) and Quintinia serrata (Paracryphiaceae). Trichothyrium is reported from Africa (Ghana, Guinea, Uganda), Asia (Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines), Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago), Oceania (Australia, New Zealand), South America (Brazil, Chile, Venezuela) and The United States (Virgin Islands).

 

References

Eriksson OE. 1981 – The families of the bitunicate ascomycetes. Opera Botanica 60, 1–220.

Hughes SJ. 1953 – Fungi from the Gold Coast. II. Mycological Papers 50, 1–104.

Müller E, von Arx JA. 1962 – Beitrage zur Kryptogamenflora der Schweiz 11, 1–922.

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.

Wu HX, Schoch CL, Boonmee S, Bahkali AH, Chomnunti P, Hyde KD. 2011 – A reappraisal of Microthyriaceae. Fungal Diversity 51, 189–248.

 

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