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Nigrograna mackinnonii

Nigrograna mackinnonii (Borelli) Gruyter, Verkley & Crous, in Gruyter, Woudenberg, Aveskamp, Verkley, Groenewald & Crous, Stud. Mycol. 75: 31 (2012) [2013].

≡ Pyrenochaeta mackinnonii Borelli, Castellania 4(12): 230 (1976).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 564795; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11621, Fig. 1

Description: see Gruyter et al. (2013); Jaklitsch and Voglmayr (2016).

Material considered: see Gruyter et al. (2013); Jaklitsch and Voglmayr (2016).

Fig. 1 Nigrograna spp. (a–k N. hydei MFLU 18-2073, holotype). a, b Ascomata immersed in the host substrate. c Section through ascomata. d Pseudoparaphyses. e Peridium. f, g Asci with ascospores. h–k Ascospores (l–o N. impatientis MFLU 18-2072, holotype). l Appearance of ascomata on the host substrate. m Section through ascomata. n Peridium. o Asci p–s Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 50 μm, d–k, n, o = 10 μm, m = 200 μm, p–s = 5 μm.

Importance and distribution

Nigrograna comprises eighteen species known on Acer campestre (Sapindaceae), Avicennia marina (Acanthaceae), Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae), Hevea brasiliensis (Euphorbiaceae), in pseudostromata of Diaporthe, on twig of Tilia platyphyllos (Malvaceae), on Magnolia denudata (Magnoliaceae), Rhizophora (Rhizophoraceae), Salix caprea (Salicaceae), Thymus oenipontanus (Lamiaceae), Ulmus laevis (Ulmaceae), Virola (Myristicaceae), from human foot and hive-stored pollen. Nigrograna is known from Asia (China (Hubei), India (Tamil Nadu), Thailand), Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Norway) and South America (Peru, Venezuela).

 

References

Dayarathne MC, Jones EBG, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Devadatha B et al. 2020 – Morphomolecular characterization of microfungi associated with marine based habitats. Mycosphere 11, 1–188.

De Gruyter J, Woudenberg JHC, Aveskamp AA, Verkley GJM et al. 2013 – Redisposition of phoma-like anamorphs in Pleosporales. Studies in Mycology 75, 1–36.

Hyde KD, Norphanphoun C, Abreu VP, Bazzicalupo A et al. 2017 – Fungal diversity notes 603– 708: Taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on genera and species. Fungal Diversity 87, 1–235.

Jaklitsch WM, Voglmayr H. 2016 – Hidden diversity in Thyridaria and a new circumscription of the Thyridariaceae. Studies in Mycology 85, 35–64.

Kolařík M. 2018 – New taxonomic combinations in endophytic representatives of the genus Nigrograna. Czech Mycology 70, 123–126.

Tibpromma S, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. 2017 – Fungal diversity notes 491–602: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 83, 1–261.

Zhao YZ, Zhang ZF, Cai L, Peng JW, Liu F. 2018 – Four new filamentous fungal species from newly-collected and hive stored bee pollen. Mycosphere 9, 1089–1116.

 

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