Fungalpedia – Note 1149, Ambrosiella

 

Ambrosiella Brader ex Arx & Hennebert

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Ceratocystidaceae, Microascales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Ambrosiella was invalidly described by Brader (1964) as A. xylebori from a gallery of Xylosandrus compactus in Coffea canephora from the Ivory Coast; no type was designated. The generic type was subsequently illustrated and designated based on Brader’s isolate (CBS 110.61) by von Arx & Hennebert (1965). Ambrosiella was previously a polyphyletic group. However, the genus was delimited based on DNA sequence data and new combinations and new species were proposed (Six et al. 2009, Harrington et al. 2010, 2014, Mayers et al. 2015, 2017, 2019). Ambrosiella species are obligate symbionts of the ambrosia beetle tribe Xyleborini (Mayers et al. 2015).

Type species: Ambrosiella xylebori Brader ex Arx & Hennebert, Mycopath. Mycol. appl. 25(7): 314 (1965).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Ambrosiella.

 

References

Brader L. 1964 – Étude de la relation entre le scolyte de rameaux du caféier Xyleborus compactus Eichh. (X. morstatti Hag.) et sa plante-hôte. Mededelingen van de Landbouwhogeschool te Wageningen 64, 1–109.

Harrington TC, Aghayeva DN, Fraedrich SW. 2010 – New combinations in Raffaelea, Ambrosiella, and Hyalorhinocladiella, and four new species from the Redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus. Mycotaxon 111, 337–361.

Harrington TC, McNew D, Mayers C, Fraedrich SW, Reed S. 2014 – Ambrosiella roeperi sp. nov. is the mycangial symbiont of the granulate ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus. Mycologia 106, 835–845.

Mayers CG, McNew DL, Harrington TC, Roeper RA et al. 2015 – Three genera in the Ceratocystidaceae are the respective symbionts of three independent lineages of ambrosia beetles with large, complex mycangia. Fungal Biology 119, 1075–1092.

Mayers CG, Harrington TC, Ranger CM. 2017 – First report of a sexual state in an ambrosia fungus: Ambrosiella cleistominuta sp. nov. associated with the ambrosia beetle Anisandrus maiche. Botany 95, 503–512.

Mayers CG, Harrington TC, Masuya H, Jordal BH et al. 2019 – Patterns of coevolution between ambrosia beetle mycangia and the Ceratocystidaceae, with five new fungal genera and seven new species. Persoonia 44, 41–66.

Six DL, Stone WD, de Beer ZW, Woolfolk SW. 2009 – Ambrosiella beaveri, sp. nov., associated with an exotic ambrosia beetle, Xylosandrus mutilatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), in Mississippi, USA. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 96, 17–29.

von Arx JA, Hennebert GL. 1965 – Deux champignons ambrosia. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 25, 309–315.

 

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China

 

Published online 28 February 2020

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