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Kirschsteiniothelia aethiops

Kirschsteiniothelia aethiops (Sacc.) D. Hawksw., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 91(1-2): 185 (1985).

≡ Amphisphaeria aethiops Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 1: 722 (1882).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 104401; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01738, Fig. 1

Description: see Boonmee et al. (2012); Hyde et al. (2013).

Material considered: see Boonmee et al. (2012); Hyde et al. (2013).

Fig. 1 Kirschsteiniothelia spp. (a–k K. lignicola MFLU 10–0036, holotype). a Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. b Section through ascoma. c Peridium. d Pseudoparaphyses. e, f Asci. g–i Ascospores. j Colony on MEA. k Conidiophores with constricted conidiogenous cell and conidial attachment arrowed. (l–r K. aethiops HKAS 84022). l Colonies on the substratum. m Conidiophore with conidia. n Conidiophore and conidia. o–r Conidia. Scale bars: a, b, n = 100 μm, c, k, o–r = 20 μm, d = 5 μm, e, f = 40 μm, g–j = 10 μm, m = 50 μm.

Importance and distribution

Punyasloke et al. (2006) reported that Kirschsteiniothelia maritima produce aromatic aldehyde which had potent activity against Bacillus subtilis.

 

Quarantine significance

Nishi et al. (2018) reported a chronic Kirschsteiniothelia infection covering a pre-existing non-infectious bursitis of the ankle in human. Poch et al. (1992) reported cytotoxic naphthoquinone dimer kirschsteinin, three known naphthoquinone derivatives, two chlorinated diphenyl ethers and a monoacetyl derivative and the (-)-enantiomer of O-methylasparvenone, isolated from an undescribed species of Kirschsteiniothelia. There are 30 Kirschsteiniothelia epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Halokirschsteiniothelia, Neohelicascus and Ophiobolus. Kirschsteiniothelia comprises 24 species known on a wide range of plants such as bark of Tsuga canadensis (Pinaceae), mycorrhizal rootlets of Acer saccharum (Sapindaceae), dead branch of Quercus petrae (Fagaceae), leaves of Freycinetia arnottii (Pandanaceae), bark of Tilia americana (Malvaceae), rachis of Phoenix paludosa (Arecaceae), decorticated branches of Populus angustifolia (Salicaceae), decorticated twig litter of Protea cynaroides (Proteaceae), stem of Smilax (Smilacaceae), dead branches of Juniperus nana (Cupressaceae), dead branches of Tectona grandis (Lamiaceae), dead twigs of Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae), decaying wood of Thuja occidentalis (Cupressaceae) and on bark of Prunus (Rosaceae). Kirschsteiniothelia is reported from Asia (China, Iran, Taiwan), Europe (Finland, Switzerland, Thailand), South Africa and The United States (Colorado, Hawaiian Island, New York).

 

References

Boonmee S, KoKo TW, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD, Chen H, Cai L, McKenzie EHC, Jones EBG, Kodsueb R, Hassan BA. 2012 – Two new Kirschsteiniothelia species with Dendryphiopsis anamorphs cluster in Kirschsteiniotheliaceae fam. nov. Mycologia 104, 698–714.

Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Mansilla JP, Hunter GC, Wingfield MJ. 2004 – Phylogenetic reassessment of Mycosphaerella spp. and their anamorphs occurring on Eucalyptus. Studies in Mycology 50, 195–214.

Hawksworth DL. 1985b – Kirschsteiniothelia a new genus for the Microthelia incrustans–group (Dothideales). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 91, 181–202.

Hernandez CIB, Heredia G, Arias RM, Portales JM, Ruiz RFC. 2008 – Saprotrophic anamorphic fungi from Tabasco state III. Revista mexicana de micologia 28, 25–39.

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu J-K, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

Hyde KD, McKenzie EHC, KoKo TW. 2011 – Toward incorporating anamorphic fungi in a natural classification-checklist and notes for 2010. Mycosphere 2, 1–88.

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

Nishi M, Okano I, Sawada T, Hara Y, Nakamura K, Inagaki K, Yaguchi T. 2018 – Chronic Kirschsteiniothelia infection superimposed on a pre-existing non-infectious bursitis of the ankle: the first case report of human infection. BMC Infectious Diseases 18, 236.

Poch G, Gloer J, Shearer C. 1992 – New Bioactive Metabolites from a Freshwater Isolate of the Fungus Kirschsteiniothelia sp. Journal of natural products 55, 1093–1099.

Punyasloke B, Balsam TM, Phillip C. 2006 –The current status of natural products from marine fungi and their potential as anti-infective agents. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 33, 325–337.

Robert V, Stegehuis G, Stalpers J. 2005 – The MycoBank engine and related databases. http://www.mycobank.org

Schoch CL, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Boehm EWA et al. 2009 – A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes. Studies in Mycology 64, 1–15.

Schoch CL, Shoemaker RA, Seifert KA, Hambleton S, Spatafora JW, Crous PW. 2006 – A multigene phylogeny of the Dothideomycetes using four nuclear loci. Mycologia 98, 1041–1052.

 

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