Fungalpedia – Note 949, Keissleriella

 

Keissleriella. Höhn.

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

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Classification: Lentitheciaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Höhnel (1919) introduced Keissleriella to accommodate K. aesculi (Höhn.) Höhn.
(≡ Pyrenochaeta aesculi Höhn.). This genus is characterized by ascomata with ostiolar necks filled with black setae, and one to multi-septate, hyaline to pale brown ascospores (Barr 1990, Liu et al. 2015, Wanasinghe et al. 2018b, Phookamsak et al. 2019). The asexual morph comprises unbranched or branched, smooth, flexuous, hyaline conidiophores, phialidic conidiogenous cells and hyaline to brown, aseptate or septate conidia (Hyde et al. 2020). Munk (1957) placed Keissleriella in Lophiostomataceae, and then von Arx & Muller (1975) included it in Pleosporaceae. Subsequently, Barr (1990) placed it in Melanommataceae, while Lumbsch & Huhndorf (2007) transferred Keissleriella in to Massarinaceae. Zhang et al. (2009) included the genus in Lentitheciaceae, and this is followed by many subsequent authors (Zhang et al. 2012, Hyde et al. 2013, Wijayawardene et al. 2014, Tanaka et al. 2015, Wanasinghe et al. 2017b, 2018b, Phookamsak et al. 2019, Hyde et al. 2020).

Type species: Keissleriella aesculi (Höhn.) Höhn., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 128(7-8): 582 (1919).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Keissleriella.

 

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Figure 1 – Keissleriella italica (MFLU 20-0394, holotype). a Appearance of ascomata on host. b Close up of an ascoma. c Section through an ascoma. d Ostiolar region. e Peridium. f Pseudoparaphyses. g–j Asci. k, l Ascospores. Scale bars: c = 100 μm, g–j = 20 μm, d, e, f = 10 μm, k, l = 5 μm.

 

References

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Barr ME. 1990 – Melanommatales (Loculoascomycetes). N Am Flora Ser II 13, 1–129.

Dai DQ, Bahkali AH, Li WJ, Bhat DJ et al. 2015 – Bambusicola loculata sp. nov. (Bambusicolaceae) from bamboo. Phytotaxa 213(2), 122–130.

Höhnel FV. 1919 – Fragmente zur Mykologie XXIII. Sitzungsber Akad Wiss Wien, Math-Naturwiss Kl, Abt. 1, 535–625.

Hyde KD, Dong Y, Phookamsak R, Jeewon R et al. 2020 – Fungal diversity notes 1151–1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 1–273.

Hyde KD, Dong Y, Phookamsak R, Jeewon R et al. 2020 – Fungal diversity notes 1151–1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 1–273.

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa HA et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2007 – Outline of Ascomycota. Myconet 13, 1–99.

Munk A. 1957 – Danish Pyrenomycetes. Dan Bot Ark 17, 1–491.

Phookamsak R, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Bhat DJ et al. 2019 – Fungal diversity notes 929–1035: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungi. Fungal Divers 95, 1–273.

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Tanaka K, Hirayama K, Yonezawa H, Sato G et al. 2015 – Revision of the Massarineae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes). Studies in Mycology 82, 75–136.

Wanasinghe DN, Jeewon R, Jones EBG, Tibpromma S Hyde KD. 2017b – Saprobic Dothideomycetes in Thailand: Muritestudina gen. et sp. nov. (Testudinaceae) a new terrestrial pleosporalean ascomycete, with hyaline and muriform ascospores. Studies in Fungi 2, 219–234.

Wanasinghe DN, Phukhamsakda C, Hyde KD, Jeewon R et al. 2018b – Fungal diversity notes 709–839: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa with an emphasis on fungi on Rosaceae. Fungal Diversity 89, 1–236.

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Wijayawardene NN, Crous PW, Kirk PM, Hawksworth DL et al. 2014 – Naming and outline of Dothideomycetes – including proposals for the protection or suppression of generic names. Fungal Diversity 69, 1–55.

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Entry by

Rashika S. Brahmanage, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand, Institute of Plant and Environment Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, People’s Republic of China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand

 

Published online 29 September 2020

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