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Massaria inquinans

Massaria inquinans (Tode) De Not., G. bot. ital. 1(1): 333 (1844).

≡ Sphaeria inquinans Tode, Fung. mecklenb. sel. (Lüneburg) 2: 17 (1790).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 230946; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11596, Fig. 1

Description: see Voglmayr and Jaklitsch (2011).

Material considered: see Voglmayr and Jaklitsch (2011).

Fig. 1 Massaria anomia (MFLU 17–0490). a Appearance of ascomata on host surface. b Vertical Section through the ascomata. c Peridium. d Pseudoparaphyses. e, f Asci. g–j Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 500 μm, b, c, e, f = 50 μm, d = 10 μm, g–j = 20 μm.

Importance and distribution

There are 114 Massaria epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to other genera such as Acrocordiella, Amphisphaeria, Asteromassaria, Blogiascospora, Dendropleella, Diadema, Discostroma, Epiphegia, Eutypa, Hercospora, Hyalotiella, Hymenopleella, Hypocopra, Karstenula, Lepteutypa, Lophiotrema, Massariovalsa, Pleomassaria, Pseudosplanchnonema, Pyrenula, Splanchnonema, Splanchospora, Stegonsporium, Trematosphaeria and Wettsteinina. Some taxa are pathogenic causing disease on the host for example massaria disease that destroys branches on plane trees (Platanus occidentalis, also known as American sycamore) (Forest Research 2021). Massaria has a wide host range such as Acer spicatum (Sapindaceae), Amelanchier sp. (Rosaceae), Cerasus padus (Rosaceae), Corylus sp. (Betulaceae), Fagus grandifolia (Fagaceae), Ficus asperrima (Moraceae), Fraxinus excelsior (Oleaceae), Jasminum fruticans (Oleaceae), Padus avium (Rosaceae), Prunus sp. (Rosaceae) and Robinia pseudoacacia (Fabaceae). Massaria is host-specific with most species centered on the genus Acer (Sapindaceae) and (Rosaceae) (Voglmayr and Jaklitsch 2011). Massaria has wide geographical distribution such as Asia (India, Japan, Korea, Russia), Europe (Austria, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Italy, Spain, Ukraine), North America (Canada), South America (Brazil) and The United States (New York, Oregon).

 

References

Barr ME. 1979 – On the Massariaceae in North America. Mycotaxon 9, 17–37.

Barr ME. 1990 – V. Massariaceae. In North American Flora, ser. II (13): Melanommatales (Loculoascomycetes). New York Botanical Garden, New York, pp 66–82.

Eriksson OE. 1981 – The families of bitunicate ascomycetes. Opera Botanica 60, 1–220.

Forest Research. 2023 – Massaria disease (Splanchnonema platani). Available at: https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/fthr/pest-and-disease-resources/massaria-disease-splanchnonema-platani/#:~:text=Massaria%20disease%20is%20a%20disease,off%20the%20tree%20and%20fall

Petrak F. 1921– Mykologische Notizen. II. Annales Mycologici 19, 17–128.

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.

Shoemaker RA, LeClair PM. 1975 – Type studies of Massaria from the Wehmeyer collection.  Canadian Journal of Botany 53, 1568–1598.

Treigienė A, Rukšėnienė J. 2005 – The genus Massaria (Ascomycota) in Lithuania. Botanica Lithuanica111, 55–61.

Voglmayr H, Jaklitsch WM. 2011 – Molecular data reveal high host specificity in the phylogenetically isolated genus Massaria (Ascomycota, Massariaceae). Fungal Diversity 46, 133–170.

Zhang Y, Schoch CL, Fournier J, Crous PW et al. 2009 – Multi-locus phylogeny of the Pleosporales: a taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary re-evaluation. Studies in Mycology 64, 85–102.

 

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