Wicklowia aquatica
Wicklowia aquatica Raja, A. Ferrer & Shearer, in Raja et al., Mycoscience 51(3): 211 (2010).
Index Fungorum number: IF 515226; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08389, Fig. 1
Description: see Raja et al. (2010).
Material considered: see Raja et al. (2010).
Fig. 1 Wicklowia spp. a–h W. fusiformispora (MFLU 21–0068, holotype). a Appearance of ascomata on wood substrate. b Section through ascoma. c Peridium. d Pseudoparaphyses. e, f Asci with ascospores. g, h Ascospores. i–o W. submersa (MFLU 21-0069) i Appearance of ascomata on wood substrate. j Section through ascoma. k Peridium. l, m Asci with ascospores. n, o Ascospores. Scale bars: a, b = 200 µm, c–f, k–m = 20 µm, g, h = 10 µm, j = 100 µm, n, o = 10 µm.
Importance and distribution
Wicklowia comprises three species. Wicklowia aquatica is reported from decorticated debris submerged in river in the United States (Florida). Wicklowia phuketensis and W. submersa are known on decaying submerged wood in Asia (Thailand).
References
Aptroot A. 1998 – A world revision of Massarina (Ascomycota). Nova Hedwigia 66, 89–162.
Bose SK. 1961– Studies on Massarina Sacc. and related genera. Phytopathology Z 41, 151–213.
Hyde KD.1995 – The genus Massarina, with a description of M. eburnea and an annotated list of Massarina names. Mycological Research 99, 291–296.
Raja HA, Ferrer A, Shearer CA, Miller AN. 2010 – Freshwater ascomycetes: Wicklowia aquatica, a new genus and species in the Pleosporales from Florida and Costa Rica. Mycoscience 51, 208–214.
Ranghoo VM, Hyde KD. 2000 – Ascominuta lignicola, a new loculoascomycete from submerged wood in Hong Kong. Mycoscience 41, 1–5.
Tanaka K, Harada Y. 2003 – Pleosporales in Japan (3). The genus Massarina. Mycoscience 44, 173–185.
Zhang Y, Wang HK, Fournier J, Crous PW, Jeewon R, Pointing SB, Hyde KD. 2009 – Towards a phylogenetic clarification of Lophiostoma/Massarina and morphologically similar genera in the Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 38, 225–251.
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