Fungalpedia – Note 434, Apenidiella

 

Apenidiella Quaedvl. & Crous

Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomata.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi; MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 

Classification: Teratosphaeriaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.

Based on previous descriptions of morphological character and phylogenetic analyses of the LSU and RPB2, Quaedvlieg et al. (2014) introduced a new genus Apenidiella with A. strumelloidea as the type species, which is isolated from a leaf of Carex sp. collected in stagnant water from the Sutka River in Russia (Crous et al. 2007, Quaedvlieg et al. 2014). Crous et al. (2019b) described Apenidiella antarctica, which is the second species of the genus Apenidiella. Apenidiella is similar to Penidiella, but can be distinct from conidiophores with a solitary conidiogenous cell that gives rise to a single set of ramoconidia (Quaedvlieg et al. 2014). One species of Apenidiella (A. strumelloidea) is known as pathogenic to green-house cucumbers in Iran (Nosrati et al. 2010). This genus has three species (Apenidiella antarctica, A. foetida and A. strumelloidea) accepted in this genus. Conidia of Apenidiella is characterized by chains; subcylindrical ramoconidia, terminal loci, secondary conidia (Quaedvlieg et al. 2014, Crous et al. 2019a, b).

Type species: Apenidiella strumelloidea (Milko & Dunaev) Quaedvl. & Crous

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Apenidiella

Figure 1 –Morphology of Apenidiella antarctica.  a, b Conidiophores and conidia. Scale bars: a, b = 10 μm. Redrawn from Crous et al. (2019b).

 

References

Crous PW, Braun U, Groenewald JZ. 2007 – Mycosphaerella is polyphyletic. Studies in Mycology 58, 1–32.

Crous PW, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ, Sharma R et al. 2019a – Fungal Planet description sheets: 868–950. Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 42, 291–473.

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Lombard L, Roets F et al. 2019b – Fungal Planet description sheets: 951–1041. Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 43, 223–425.

Nosrati S, Esmailzadeh-Hosseini SA, Sarpeleh A 2010 – First report of Penidiella strumelloidea as a pathogen of greenhouse cucumbers in Iran. Phytoparasitica 38, 95–97.

Quaedvlieg W, Binder M, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA et al. 2014 – Introducing the consolidated species concept to resolve species in the Teratosphaeriaceae. Persoonia-Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 33(1), 1–40.

 

Entry by

Zhang X, Excellence Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand; Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, China

 

(Edited by Saowaluck Tibpromma, Samaneh Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani, & Achala R. Rathnayaka)

 

Published online 2 December 2024

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