Pyrenochaeta nobilis
Pyrenochaeta nobilis De Not., Mém. R. Accad. Sci. Torino, Ser. 2 10: 347 (1849).
Index Fungorum number: IF 249294; Facesoffungi number: FoF 11831, Fig. 1
Description: De Gruyter (2009, 2010, 2013); Doilom et al. (2013); Crous et al. (2014).
Material considered: De Gruyter (2009, 2010, 2013); Doilom et al. (2013); Crous et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Pyrenochaeta nobilis (a, b, c, e re-drawn from Pl. IX, Figs. 1–3 in De Notaris et al. 1849; d re-drawn from Fig. 13 in De Gruyter et al. 2010). a Conidioma. b A globule of erupting spores crowned with stiff bristles. c, d Conidiophores and conidia. e Conidia. Scale bars: a = 20 µm, b = 100 µm, d = 5 µm.
Importance and distribution
There are 128 Pyrenochaeta epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but most species have been transferred to other genera such as Aplosporidium, Chaetopyrena, Coniothyrium, Didymella, Herpotrichia, Karstenula, Keissleriella, Medicopsis, Neocucurbitaria, Neopyrenochaeta, Niesslia, Nigrograna, Paracucurbitaria, Paraphoma, Parapyrenochaeta, Phacidiopycnis, Phoma, Pyrenochaeta, Pyrenochaetopsis, Querciphoma, Setophoma, Sydowia and Trichosphaeria. Pyrenochaeta comprises 86 species known on a wide range of plants such as Abutilon indicum (Malvaceae), Acacia sp. (Fabaceae), Achyranthes aspera (Amaranthaceae), Amaranthus viridis (Amaranthaceae), Berberis vulgaris (Berberidaceae), Cajanus cajan (Fabaceae), Capparis zeylanica (Capparaceae), Castanea sativa (Fagaceae), Conyza canadensis (Asteraceae), Erigeron canadensis (Asteraceae), Fragaria sp. (Rosaceae), Mahonia aquifolium (Berberidaceae) and Quercus agrifolia (Fagaceae). Pyrenochaeta is reported from Asia (India), Australia, Europe (Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland) and the United States (California).
References
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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.
De Gruyter J, Woudenberg JHC, Aveskamp MM, Verkley GJM et al. 2010 – Systematic reappraisal of species in Phoma section Paraphoma, Pyrenochaeta and Pleurophoma. Mycologia 102, 1066–1081.
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Doilom M, Liu JK, Jaklitsch WM, Ariyawansa HA et al. 2013 – An outline of the family Cucurbitariaceae. Sydowia 65, 167–192.
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