Dendryphion comosum
Dendryphion comosum Wallr., Fl. crypt. Germ. (Norimbergae) 2: 300 (1833).
Index Fungorum number: IF 192705; Facesoffungi number: FoF 01742 , Fig. 1, 2
Description: see Crous et al. (2014, 2015); Su et al. (2016); Li et al. (2017, 2020).
Material considered: see Crous et al. (2014, 2015); Su et al. (2016); Li et al. (2017, 2020).
Fig. 1 Conidiophores and conidia of Dendryphion comosum (redrawn from Fig. 223D in Seifert et al. 2011). Scale bar = 20 μm.
Fig. 2 Dendryphion hydei (HKAS 97479, holotype). a Colonies on branch of Bidens pilosa. b, c Apex of conidiophores with conidial structures. d, e Conidiophores. f Conidiogenous cells. g–i Conidia. Scale bar: a = 100 μm, b = 20 μm, c, f–i = 10 μm, d, e = 50 μm.
Importance and distribution
Biochemical importance of the genus, chemical diversity or applications
Mishra et al. (2013) reported anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic naphthoquinones from an endophytic Dendryphion.
There are 58 Dendryphion epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to other genera such as Alternaria, Brachycarphium, Calcarisporium, Curvularia, Dendryphiopsis, Fusariella, Helminthosporium, Kirschsteiniothelia, Pirozynskiella, Polyscytalum, Septonema, Sorocybe, Taeniolella and Zasmidium. Dendryphion comprises 30 species known on a wide range of plants such as Andropogon glomeratus (Poaceae), Coprosma sp. (Rubiaceae), Diplotaxis erucoides (Brassicaceae), Ephedra nebrodensis (Ephedraceae), Laserpitium archangelica (Apiaceae), Lobelia sp. (Campanulaceae), Rosmarinus officinalis (Lamiaceae), Sambucus sp. (Adoxaceae), Smilax sp. (Smilacaceae) and is known from Africa (Malawi), Europe (Germany, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom), New Zealand, North America (Canada (British Columbia), Caribbean, Mexico) and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
References
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Li J, Jeewon R, Mortimer PE, Doilom M, Phookamsak R, Promputtha I. 2020 – Multigene phylogeny and taxonomy of Dendryphion hydei and Torula hydei spp. nov. from herbaceous litter in northern Thailand. PloS one 15(2), e0228067. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228067
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