Halotthia posidoniae
Halotthia posidoniae (Durieu & Mont.) Kohlm., Nova Hedwigia 6: 9 (1963).
≡ Sphaeria posidoniae Durieu & Mont., in Durieu, Expl. Sci. Alg., Fl. Algér. 1(livr. 13): 502 (1848) [1846-49].
Index Fungorum number: IF 331652; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08848, Fig. 1
Description: see Ariyawansa et al. (2013).
Material considered: see Ariyawansa et al. (2013).
Fig. 1 Halotthia posidoniae (NY 01389657, type). a Herbarium label. b Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. c Close up of ascomata. d Section through ascoma. e Pseudoparaphyses. f, g Asci. h, i Ascospores. Scale bars: d = 100 μm, e, h, i = 20 μm, f, g = 50 μm.
Importance and distribution
Halotthia comprises only one species known on sea grass Posidonia oceanica (Posidoniaceae) in Europe (Italy).
References
Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu J-K, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.
Jones EBG, Sakayaroj J, Suetrong S, Somrithipol S, Pang KL. 2009 – Classification of marine origin and evolution of fundamental reproductive and ecological traits. Systematic Biology 58, 224–239.
Kohlmeyer J, Kohlmeyer E. 1979 – Marine Mycology: The higher fungi. Academic Press, New York.
Kohlmeyer J. 1963 – Zwei neue Ascomyceten gattungen auf Posidonia rhizomen. Nova Hedwigia 6, 5–13.
Malloch D, Cain RF. 1972 – New species and combinations of cleistothecial ascomycetes. Canadian Journal of Botany 50, 61–72.
Suetrong S, Schoch CL, Spatafora JW, Kohlmeyer J et al. 2009 – Molecular systematics of the marine Dothideomycetes. Studies in Mycology 64, 155–173.
Zhang Y, Fournier J, Phookamsak R, Bahkali Ali H, Hyde KD. 2013 – Halotthiaceae fam. nov. (Pleosporales) accommodates the new genus Phaeoseptum and several other aquatic genera. Mycologia 105, 603–609.
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