Bimuria novae-zelandiae
Bimuria novae-zelandiae D. Hawksw., Chea & Sheridan, N.Z. Jl Bot. 17(3): 268 (1979).
Index Fungorum number: IF 309549; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00031, Fig. 1
Description: see Hawksworth et al. (1979); Ariyawansa et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Hawksworth et al. (1979); Ariyawansa et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Bimuria novae-zelandiae (CBS 107.79, isotype). a Close up of ascoma. b Hyaline, pseudoparaphyses. c Ascus. d–f Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 100 μm, b = 5 μm, c = 30 μm, d–f = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Bimuria comprises two species. Bimuria novae-zelandiae was reported from soil in New Zealand while B. omanensis was found on decaying leaves in Oman.
References
Ariyawansa HA, Tanaka K, Thambugala KM, Phookamsak R et al. 2014 – A molecular phylogenetic reappraisal of the Didymosphaeriaceae (= Montagnulaceae). Fungal Diversity 68, 69–104.
Barr ME. 1987 – New taxa and combinations in the Loculoascomycetes. Mycotaxon 29, 501–505.
Hawksworth DL, Chea CY, Sheridan JE. 1979 – Bimuria novae-zelandiae gen. et sp. nov., a remarkable ascomycete isolated from a New Zealand barley field. New Zealand Journal of Botany 17, 267–273.
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2007 – Outline of ascomycota–2007. Myconet 13, 1–58.
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 et al. 2006 – A multigene phylogeny of the Dothideomycetes using four nuclear loci. Mycologia 98 1041–1052.
Wijesinghe SN, Wanasinghe DN, Maharachchikumbura SS, Wang Y, Al-Sadi AM, Hyde KD. 2020 – Bimuria omanensis sp. nov. (Didymosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales) from Oman. Phytotaxa 449, 97–108.
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