Shrungabeeja vadirajensis
Shrungabeeja vadirajensis V.G. Rao & K.A. Reddy, Indian J. Bot. 4(1): 113 (1981).
Index Fungorum number: IF 111926; Facesoffungi number: FoF 09280, Fig. 1, 2
Description: see Zhang et al. (2009); Ariyawansa et al. (2014); Delgado et al. (2017).
Material considered: see Zhang et al. (2009); Ariyawansa et al. (2014); Delgado et al. (2017).
Fig. 1 Conidiophores and conidia of Shrungabeeja vadirajensis (re-drawn from Plate 358B in Seifert et al. 2011).
Fig. 2 Shrungabeeja longiappendiculata (BBH 39513, holotype, modified from Fig. 59 in Ariyawansa et al. 2015). a Sporulation on PDA. b Colonies on natural substrate. c Conidiophore with mature conidium. d–f Conidia with appendages. Scale bars: b, c = 10 μm, d–f = 50 μm.
Importance and distribution
Shrungabeeja comprises five species known on branches of Begonia semperflorens (Begoniaceae), dead twig of Chusquea longifolia (Poaceae), dead branches of Melicope triphylla (Rutaceae) and dead stems of Bambusa (Poaceae). Shrungabeeja is reported from Asia (China, India (Karnataka) and Thailand) and Central America (Panama).
References
Ariyawansa HA, Hyde KD, Jayasiri SC, Buyck B et al. 2015 – Fungal diversity notes 111–252— taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 75, 27–274.
Delgado G, Koukol O, Cáceres O, Piepenbring M. 2017 – The Phylogenetic Placement of Ernakulamia cochinensis within Pleosporales (Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota). Cryptogamie Mycologie 38, 435–451.
Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.
Rao VG, Reddy KA.1981– Two new hyphomycetes. Indian Journal of Botany 4, 108–114.
Seifert K, Morgan-Jones G, Gams W, Kendrick B. 2011 – The genera of hyphomycetes. CBS Biodiversity Series no. 9: 1–997. CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Wijayawardene DNN, McKenzie EHC, Hyde KD. 2012 – Towards incorporating anamorphic fungi in a natural classification–checklist and notes for 2011. Mycosphere 3, 157–228.
Zhang K, Ma LG, Zhang XG. 2009a – New species and records of Shrungabeeja from southern China. Mycologia 101, 573–578
Zhang Y, Wang HK, Fournier J, Crous PW et al. 2009b – Towards a phylogenetic clarification of Lophiostoma/Massarina and morphologically similar genera in the Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 38, 225–251.
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