Deightoniella

 Fungalpedia – Note 1848, Deightoniella

 

Deightoniella. S. Hughes.

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

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Classification: Magnaporthaceae, Magnaporthales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Notes – Deightoniella was introduced by Hughes (1952), who described D. africana on living leaves of Imperata cylindrica var. africana in West Africa. The genus, which is worldwide in distribution, is pathogenic and only a hyphomycetous asexual stage is known (see Seifert et al. 2011 for morphology). The phylogeny was introduced in Klaubauf et al. (2014) and an outline of species, and nomenclature has been resolved for this genus (Maharachchikumbura et al. 2015b, 2016b, Zhang et al. 2016, Wijayawardene et al. 2017a, 2018a).

 

Type species: Deightoniella africana S. Hughes.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Deightoniella.

 

 

Figure 1 – Deightoniella africana (Material examined – GHANA, Togoland, on leaves of Imperata cylindrica var. africana, 28 May 1949, S.J. Hughes 913, IMI 39675(a), type). a-c Herbarium packets and specimens. d Conidiophores on substrate. e Conidiophores.
f, g Conidiophores with conidia. h-l Conidia (h-k were using the same scale bar as l). Scale bars: c = 1000 μm, d = 100 μm, e-l = 20 μm.

 

References

Hughes SJ. 1952 – Fungi from the Gold Coast. I. Mycological Papers 48, 1–91.

Klaubauf S, Tharreau D, Fournier E, Groenewald JZ et al. 2014 – Resolving the polyphyletic nature of Pyricularia (Pyriculariaceae). Studies in Mycology 79, 85–120.

Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2016b – Families of Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 79, 1–317.

Seifert KA, Morgan-Jones G, Gams W, Kendrick B. 2011 – The Genera of hyphomycetes. CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Lumbsch HT, Liu JK et al. 2018a – Outline of Ascomycota: 2017. Fungal Diversity 88, 167–263.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Lumbsch HT, Liu JK et al. 2018a – Outline of Ascomycota: 2017. Fungal Diversity 88, 167–263.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Rajeshkumar KC, Hawksworth DL et al. 2017a – Notes for genera: Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86, 1–594.

Zhang N, Luo J, Rossman A, Aoki T et al. 2016 – Generic names in Magnaporthales. IMA Fungus 7, 155–159.

 

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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