Halokirschsteiniothelia maritima
Halokirschsteiniothelia maritima (Linder) Boonmee & K.D. Hyde, in Boonmee et al., Mycologia 104(3): 705 (2012).
≡ Amphisphaeria maritima Linder, Farlowia 1(3): 411 (1944) [1943-1944].
Index Fungorum number: IF 561018; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12222, Fig. 1
Description: see Wang et al. (2004); Boonmee et al. (2012).
Material considered: see Wang et al. (2004); Boonmee et al. (2012).
Fig. 1 Halokirschsteiniothelia maritima (≡ Amphisphaeria maritima, type, re-drawn from Barchoon and Linder 1944). a Superficial perithecium. b Immature ascus showing ascospores. c Mature asci. d Ascospores.Scale bars:a = 100 μm, b, c = 20 μm, d = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Halokirschsteiniothelia comprises only one species known on submerged wood in the United States (Massachusetts).
References
Barghoorn ES, Linder DH. 1944 – Marine fungi: their taxonomy and biology. Farlowia 1, 395–467.
Boonmee S, Ko-Ko TW, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD et al. 2017 – Two new Kirschsteiniothelia species with Dendryphiopsis anamorphs cluster in Kirschsteiniotheliaceae fam. nov. Mycologia 104, 698–714.
Kohlmeyer J, Kohlmeyer E. 1971 – Marine fungi from tropical America and Africa. Mycologia 63, 831–861.
Wang YZ, Aptroot A, Hyde KD. 2004 – Revision of the Ascomycete genus Amphisphaeria. Fungal Diversity Research Series 13, 1–168.
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