Fungalpedia – Note 1209, Kionochaeta

 

Kionochaeta. P.M. Kirk & B. Sutton.

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

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Classification: Incertae sedis, Sordariales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi 

Notes – Species of Kionochaeta occur on decaying leaves and twigs in freshwater and terrestrial habitats (Crous et al. 1994b, Kuthubutheen et al. 1988, Goh & Hyde 1997, Yanna & Hyde 2002). Kionochaeta species are characterised by macronematous, mononematous, solitary conidiophores, densely clustered, monophialidic, ampulliform, and hyaline to pale yellow conidia aggregated into a slimy drop (Kirk & Sutton 1985, Goh & Hyde 1997, Okada et al. 1997).

Type species: Kionochaeta ramifera (Matsush.) P.M. Kirk & B. Sutton, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 85(4): 715 (1986) [1985].

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Kionochaeta.

 

References

Goh TK, Hyde KD. 1997 – The generic distinction between Chaetopsina and Kionochaeta, with descriptions of two new species. Mycological Research 101, 1517–1523.

Kuthubutheen AJ, Nawawi A. 1988 – Two new species of Kionochaeta (Hyphomycetes) and K. ramifera from Malaysia. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 90, 437–444.

Okada G, Takematsu A, Takamura Y. 1997 – Phylogenetic relationships of the hyphomycete genera Chaetopsina and Kionochaeta based on 18S rDNA sequences. Mycoscience 38, 409–420.

Yanna, Hyde KD. 2002 – New saprobic fungi on fronds of palms from northern Queensland, Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15, 755–764.

 

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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