Polyrhizon terminaliae
Polyrhizon terminaliae (Syd. & P. Syd.) Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 12(3): 281 (1914).
≡ Dothidea terminaliae Syd. & P. Syd., in Sydow et al., Annls mycol. 9(4): 401 (1911).
Index Fungorum number: IF 151395; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12424, Fig. 1
Description: see Zhang et al. (2011).
Material considered: see Zhang et al. (2011).
Fig. 1 Polyrhizon terminaliae (S reg. nr F8238, holotype). a Ascomata on host substrate. b, c Asci with ascospores. d–f Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 0.5 mm, b–f = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Polyrhizon comprises seven species known on Capparis flexuosa (Capparaceae), Cassine sp. (Celastraceae), Cassipourea barteri (Rhizophoraceae), Gymnosporia acuminata (Celastraceae), Lagenaria sp. (Cucurbitaceae), Loranthus pyrifolius (Loranthaceae), Olea laurifolia (Oleaceae), Pterocelastrus galpinii (Celastracea), Synaphea polymorpha (Proteaceae) and Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae). Polyrhizon is reported from Africa (Nigeria, South Africa), Asia (India), South America (Venezuela and Brazil) and Western Australia. One species Polyrhizon bewsii has been transferred to Perischizon.
References
Zhang Y, Crous P, Schoch C, Bahkali A, Guo LD, Hyde K. 2011 – A molecular, morphological and ecological re-appraisal of Venturiales - A new order of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 51, 249–277.
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. Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences 1, 1–60.
Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Al-Ani LKT, Tedersoo L et al. 2020 – Outline of Fungi and fungi-like taxa. Mycosphere 11, 1060–1456.
Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Rajeshkumar KC, Hawksworth DL et al. 2017– Notes for genera: Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86, 1–594.
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