Translucidithyrium thailandicum
Translucidithyrium thailandicum X.Y. Zeng & K.D. Hyde, in Zeng et al., Mycol. Progr. 17(9): 1090 (2018).
Index Fungorum number: IF 824637; Facesoffungi number: FoF 04091, Fig. xx
Description: see Zeng et al. (2018).
Material considered: see Zeng et al. (2018).
Figure xx Translucidithyrium thailandicum (MFLU 16-0089, holotype, modified
from Fig. 2 in Zeng et al. 2018). a Host leaves. b Ascoma on host surface. c Squash mount of ascoma. d Section through ascoma. e Upper walls with interwoven hyphae. f, g Asci. h, i Ascospores (Arrows show mucilaginous sheath). Scale bars: b, c = 100 μm, d = 50 μm, e–g = 20 μm, h, i = 10 μm
Importance and distribution
Translucidithyrium comprises only one species known on living leaves of Syzygium levinei (Myrtaceae) in Asia (Thailand). It is saprobic and can form black hyphae coating the surface of plants, reducing the photosynthetic ability of plants through the hyphal cover (Gilbert & Reynolds 2002).
References
Gilbert G, Reynolds DR. 2002 – The ecology of foliicolous fungi. Proceedings of the 7th International Mycological Congress (Ed. L Ryvarden), p. 89. (Oslo).
Zeng XY, Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Chomnunti P, Wen TC. 2018 – Translucidithyrium thailandicum gen. et sp. nov.: a new genus in Phaeothecoidiellaceae. Mycological Progress 17, 1087–1096.
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