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Parahelicomyces talbotii

Parahelicomyces talbotii (Goos) S.Y. Hsieh, Goh & C.H. Kuo, Mycol. Progr. 20(2): 182 (2021).

Helicosporium talbotii Goos, Mycologia 81(3): 368 (1989).

           Index Fungorum number: IF 837333; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12027, Fig. 1

Description: see Hsieh et al. (2021); Tian et al. (2022).

Material considered: see Hsieh et al. (2021); Tian et al. (2022).

 

Fig. 2 Parahelicomyces chiangmaiensis (MFLU 21–0188, holotype). a, b Colony on decaying wood. c Conidiophores, conidiogenous cells, and conidia. d–g Conidia. Scale bars: a, b = 500 μm, c = 20 μm, d–g = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Parahelicomyces comprises seven species known on decaying wood in freshwater stream and fruit pericarp of Quercus (Fagaceae). Parahelicomyces is reported from Asia (China, Thailand) and South Africa (Gauteng).

 

References

Hsieh SY, Goh TK, Kuo CH. 2021 – New species and records of Helicosporium sensu lato from Taiwan, with a reflection on current generic circumscription. Mycological Progress 20, 169190. Doi 10.1007/s11557-020-01663-8

Tian X, Karunarathna SC, Xu R, Lu Y, Suwannarach N, Mapook A, Bao D, Xu J, Tibpromma S. 2022 – Three New Species, Two New Records and Four New Collections of Tubeufiaceae from Thailand and China. Journal of Fungi 8, 206. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8020206

 

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