Zeloasperisporium hyphopodioides
Zeloasperisporium hyphopodioides R.F. Castañeda, in Castañeda Ruíz et al., Mycotaxon 60: 285 (1996).
Index Fungorum number: IF 436294; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12075, Fig. 1
Description: see Cheewangkoon et al. (2009); Crous et al. (2015); Hongsanan et al. (2015).
Material considered: see Cheewangkoon et al. (2009); Crous et al. (2015); Hongsanan et al. (2015).
Fig. 1 Zeloasperisporium spp. sexual morph. a–h Z. pterocarpi (MFLU 18–1506, holotype). a Host of Pterocarpus sp. pod. b, c Superficial thyriothecia on substrate. d, e Squash mounts showing thyriothecial walls. f Asci. g, h Ascospores. i–p Z. ficusicola (MFLU 15-1306, holotype). i Appearance of superficial thyriothecia on host substrate. j Squash mounts of thyriothecium. k Section through thyriothecium in congo red. l, m Asci. n–p Ascospores. q–u Z. wrightiae (MFLU 15-1308, holotype). q Thyriothecia on surface of leaves. r Squash mounts of thyriothecium. s Ascus in Melzer’s reagent. t, u Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 500 µm, c, d = 200 µm, e = 20 µm, f–h, l, m, r, s = 10 µm, j, k, q = 50 µm, n–p, t, u = 5µm.
Fig. 2 Zeloasperisporium spp. asexual morph. a–g Z. pterocarpi (MFLU 18–1506, holotype). a, b Colonies on MEA. c–g Conidia on conidiogenous cell with sympodial proliferation. h–k Z. ficusicola (MFLU 15-1306, holotype). h Colony on PDA. i–k Conidia on conidiogenous cell with sympodial proliferation. l–o Z. wrightiae (MFLU 15-1309, holotype). l Colony on PDA. m Crowded conidia on conidiogenous cells. n, o Conidia on conidiogenous cell with sympodial proliferation. Scale bars: c–o = 10 μm.
Importance and distribution
Zeloasperisporium comprises eight species known on leaves of Clivia (Amaryllidaceae), Eucalyptus tectifica (Myrtaceae), Ficus benjamina (Moraceae), sterilized leaves of Bucida palustris (Combretaceae), carpel of fallen pod of Pterocarpus (Fabaceae), and leaves of Wrightia religios (Apocynaceae). Zeloasperisporium is reported from Asia (Thailand), Australia, Caribbean (Cuba) and South Africa.
References
Castañeda RF, Fabre DE, Parra M, Perez M, Guarro J. 1996 – Some airborne conidial fungi from Cuba. Mycotaxon 60, 283–290.
Cheewangkoon R, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA, Hyde KD, To-anun C, Crous PW. 2009 – Myrtaceae, a cache of fungal biodiversity. Persoonia 23, 55–85.
Crous PW, Schubert K, Braun U, de Hoog GS, Hocking AD, Shin HD, Groenewald JZ. 2007 – Opportunistic, human-pathogenic species in the Herpotrichiellaceae are phenotypically similar to saprobic or phytopathogenic species in the Venturiaceae. Studies in Mycology 58, 185–217. doi: 10.3114/sim.2007
Crous PW, Summerell BA, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ, Groenewald JZ. 2009 – Novel species of Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae. Persoonia 23, 119–146. https://doi.org/10.3767/003158509X479531
Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Guarro J, Hernández-Restrepo M et al. 2015 – Fungal Plane description sheets: 320–370. Persoonia 34, 167–266.
Hongsanan S, Tian Q, Bahkali A, Yang JB, McKenzie E, Chomnunti P, Hyde KD. 2015 – Zeloasperisporiales ord. nov., and Two New Species of Zeloasperisporium. Cryptogamie Mycologie 36, 301–317.
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