Aquihelicascus thalassioideus
Aquihelicascus thalassioideus (K.D. Hyde & Aptroot) W. Dong & H. Zhang, in Dong et al., Fungal Diversity: 10.1007/s13225-020-00463-5, [145] (2020).
≡ Massarina thalassioidea K.D. Hyde & Aptroot, Nova Hedwigia 66(3-4): 498 (1998).
= Helicascus thalassioideus (K.D. Hyde & Aptroot) Huang Zhang & K.D. Hyde, Sydowia 65(1): 159 (2013).
Index Fungorum number: IF 557920; Facesoffungi number: FoF 09262, Fig. 1
Description: see Dong et al. (2020).
Material examined: see Dong et al. (2020).
Fig. 1 Aquihelicascus spp. (a–g A. thalassioideus, MFLU 18-1705, holotype). a, b Appearance of immersed pseudostromata on host substrate. c–e Asci. f, g Ascospores. (h–p A. songkhlaensis MFLU 18-1705, holotype). h Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. i Section through ascomata. j Peridium. k Medium peridium. l Pseudoparaphyses. m, n Asci. o, p Ascospores. (q–w A. yunnanensis, MFLU 18-1170, holotype). Scale bars: c–e = 50 μm, f, g, i, l–n, q–s = 20 μm, j, k, o, p = 5 μm, t–w = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Aquihelicascus comprises three species known on decaying wood, submerged in freshwater in Asia (China and Thailand) and Australia.
References
Zhang H, Hyde KD, Abdel-Wahab MA, Abdel-Aziz FA et al. 2013–A modern concept for Helicascus with a Pleurophomopsis-like asexual state. Sydowia 65, 147–166.
Recent News
Recent paper to be publishedRecent Genus
NothocladosporiumPhillipsiella
Curreya
Recent Species
Nothocladosporium syzygiiPhillipsiella atra
Curreya conorum
