Dothideomycetes » Dothideomycetes, genera incertae sedis » Gloeodiscus

Gloeodiscus nigrorufus

Gloeodiscus nigrorufus (Berk.) Dennis [as 'nigro-rufus'], Kew Bull. 15(2): 319 (1961).

≡ Excipula nigrorufa Berk., in Hooker, Bot. Antarct. Voy. Erebus Terror 1839-1843, II, Fl. Nov.-Zeal.: 202 (1855).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 331385; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12220, Fig. 1

Description: see Ariyawansa et al. (2013).

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

Fig. 1 Gloeodiscus nigrorufus (K 174632, holotype). a Herbarium material. b Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. c Section through ascoma. d Peridium. e, f Asci with ascospores. g Pseudoparaphyses. h–j Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 100 μm, d = 20 μm, e, f = 30 μm, g = 50 μm, h–j = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Gloeodiscus comprises only one species known on underside of leaf of Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae) in Oceania (New Zealand).

 

References

Ariyawansa HA, Kang JC, Alias SA, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD 2013 – Towards a natural classification of Dothideomycetes: The genera Dermatodothella, Dothideopsella, Grandigallia, Hysteropeltella and Gloeodiscus (Dothideomycetes incertae sedis). Phytotaxa 147, 35–47.

Berkeley MJ. 1845 – Fungi. In: Hooker JD. ed. Flora Antarctica. Part I. Botany of Lord Auckland's group and Campbell's Island. The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, Vol. I. London, Reeve Brothers. Pp. 169–200.

Dennis RWG. 1961 – Some inoperculate Discomycetes from New Zealand. Kew Bulletin 15, 319.

Kirk PM, Stalpers JA, Braun U, Crous PW et al. 2013 – A without-prejudice list of generic names of fungi for protection under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. IMA Fungus 4, 381–443.

Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota 2009. Myconet 14, 1–64.

Wijayawardene NN, Crous PW, Kirk PM, Hawksworth DL et al. 2014 – Naming and outline of Dothideomycetes–2014 including proposals for the protection or suppression of generic names. Fungal Diversity 69, 1–55.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Al-Ani LKT, Tedersoo L et al. 2020 – Outline of Fungi and fungi like taxa. Mycosphere 11, 1060–1456.

 

 

Recent News

Recent paper to be published

Recent Genus

Nothocladosporium
Phillipsiella
Curreya

Recent Species

Nothocladosporium syzygii
Phillipsiella atra
Curreya conorum