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Herpotrichia herpotrichoides

Herpotrichia herpotrichoides (Fuckel) P.F. Cannon, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 79(2): 338 (1982).

≡ Sphaeria herpotrichoides Fuckel, Fungi rhenani exsic., fasc. 10: no. 952 (1864).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 109847; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00771, Fig. 1

Description: see Tian et al. (2015).

Material considered: see Tian et al. (2015).

Fig. 1 Herpotrichia herpotrichoides (G, F. rh. 2171, type). a Appearance of ascomata on host surface. b Section through ascomata. c Peridium. d Pseudoparaphyses. e Ascus with ascospores. f–i Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 0.5 mm, b = 100 μm, c = 50 μm, d–i = 10 μm.

 

Importance and distribution

Biochemical importance of the genus, chemical diversity or applications

Han et al. (2020) reported Herpotrichones A and B, two Intermolecular [4 + 2] Adducts exhibiting anti-neuroinflammatory activity from Herpotrichia sp. In a critical review of natural hydroxyanthraquinoid pigments as potent food grade colorants, Caro et al. (2012) reported averythrin (orange), averythrin-6-monomethyl ether from a culture of Herpotrichia rhodosticta without coproduction of known mycotoxins. There are 87 Herpotrichia epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to other genera namely Bertiella, Byssosphaeria, Chaetosphaeria, Chaetosphaerulina, Echinosphaeria, Herpotrichia, Jobellisia, Lojkania, Nematostoma, Neopeckia, Nitschkia, Pseudotrichia, Sorocybe and Thaxteriella. Herpotrichia is known on wide range of plants such as Abies sp. (Pinaceae), Calocedrus decurrens (Cupressaceae), Cedrus libani (Pinaceae), Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (Cupressaceae), Juniperus sp. (Cupressaceae), Phyllodoce empetriformis (Ericaceae), Picea abies (Pinaceae), Pinus contorta var. contorta (Pinaceae), Pseudotsuga menziesii (Pinaceae), Sarothamnus scoparius (Fabaceae), Taxus brevifolia (Taxaceae) and Thuja orientalis (Cupressaceae). Herpotrichia is recorded from Europe (Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine), North America (Canada) and The United States (California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington).

 References

Barr ME. 1984 – Herpotrichia and its segregates. Mycotaxon 20, 1–38.

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Cannon PF. 1982 – A note on the nomenclature of Herpotrichia. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 79, 339–339.

Caro Y, Anamale L, Fouillaud M. et al. 2012 – Natural hydroxyanthraquinoid pigments as potent food grade colorants: an overview.  Natural Products and Bioprospecting 2, 174–193. 

Chen CY, Hsieh WH. 2004 – Byssosphaeria and Herpotrichia from Taiwan, with notes on the taxonomic relationship between these two genera. Sydowia 56.

Fröhlich J, Hyde KD. 2000 – Palm Microfungi. Fungal Diversity Research Series 3, 1– 393.

Han WB, Wang GY, Tang JJ, Wang WJ et al. 2020 – Herpotrichones A and B, Two Intermolecular [4 + 2] Adducts with Anti-Neuroinflammatory Activity from a Herpotrichia Species. Organic Letters 22, 405–409.

Holm L. 1979 – Index nominum genericorum (plantarum). In: Farr ER, Leussink JA, Stafleu FA (eds), The Hague, W. Junk, pp 189.

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Müller E, von Arx JA. 1962 – Beitrage zur Kryptogamenflora der Schweiz 11, 1–922.

Sivanesan A. 1971 – The genus Herpotrichia Fuckel. Mycological Papers 127, 1–37.

Tian Q, Liu JK, Hyde KD, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2015 – Phylogenetic relationships and morphological reappraisal of Melanommataceae (Pleosporales). Fungal Diversity 74, 267–324.

Zhang Y, Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD. 2012 – Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 53, 1–221.

 

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