Cystocoleus ebeneus
Cystocoleus ebeneus (Dillwyn) Thwaites, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 2 3: 241 (1849).
≡ Conferva ebenea Dillwyn, Brit. Conferv.: tab. 101 (1809).
Index Fungorum number: IF 384110; Facesoffungi number: FoF 06639, Fig. 1
Description: Tian et al. (2014).
Material considered: Tian et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Cystocoleus ebeneus (redrawn from Smith 1911 and Hawksworth et al. 2011). a A single filament. b Detail of dentate hyphal walls and filament. Scale bars = 10 µm.
Importance and distribution
Cystocoleus lives on lichens as a host-specific parasite (Hawksworth et al. 2011). There are three epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but one species has been transferred to Rhacodiopsis and Cystocoleus nigra has been synonymized under C. ebeneus (Hawksworth et al. 2011). Cystocoleus has been reported from Asia (China, Russia), Europe (Austria, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom).
References
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Hawksworth DL, Santesson R, Tibell L. 2011 – Racoleus, a new genus of sterile filamentous lichen-forming fungi from the tropics, with observations on the nomenclature and typification of Cystocoleus and Racodium. IMA Fungus 2, 71–79.
Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.
Lücking R, Hodkinson BP, Leavitt SD. 2017 – The 2016 classification of lichenized fungi in the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota-approaching one thousand genera. Bryologist 119, 361–416
Muggia L, Hafellner J, Wirtz N, Hawksworth DL, Grube M. 2008 –The sterile microfilamentous lichenized fungi Cystocoleus ebeneus and Racodium rupestre are relatives of plant pathogens and clinically important dothidealean fungi. Mycological Research 112, 51–57.
Smith AL. 1911 – A monograph of the British lichens. A descriptive catalogue of the species in the Department of Botany, British Museum, part II, British Museum, London.
Tian Q, Chomnunti P, Bhat JD, Alias SA et al. 2014 – Towards a natural classification of Dothideomycetes 5: The genera Ascostratum, Chaetoscutula, Ceratocarpia, Cystocoleus, and Colensoniella (Dothideomycetes incertae sedis). Phytotaxa 176, 42–54.
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