Fungalpedia – Note 2737, Deichmannia
Deichmannia Alstrup & D. Hawksw.
Citation when using this data: Meng QF et al. – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Ascomycota genera incertae sedis, Fungi.
Deichmannia was introduced by Alstrup et al. (1990) to describe the lichenicolous hyphomycete D. verrucispora, found on Diploschistes muscorum. This monotypic genus is characterized by black, sporodochial colonies and brown, macronematous, aggregated, sparsely branched, subcylindrical conidiophores. The genus also features monoblastic, integrated, terminal conidiogenous cells that are subcylindrical and brown. The conidia are brown, solitary, broadly ellipsoid, dry, 1–2-septate, and coarsely verrucose (Alstrup et al. 1990). Due to the lack of sequence data, the phylogenetic position of this genus remains uncertain and requires further investigation for clarification.
Type species: Deichmannia verrucispora Alstrup & D. Hawksw., on Diploschistes muscorum. (Alstrup et al. 1990).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Deichmannia.
Figure 1 – Deichmannia verrucispora redrawn from Alstrup et al. (1990). a Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. b Conidia. Scale bars: a, b = 10 μm.
References
Entry by
Meng QF, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand and School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou 563000, China.
Published online 23 July 2026