Fungalpedia – Note 1213, Morrisiella
Morrisiella. Saikia & A.K. Sarbhoy.
Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Chaetosphaeriaceae, Chaetosphaeriales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes – Saikia & Sarbhoy (1985) introduced the monotypic genus Morrisiella based on M. indica. Species of this genus are characterised by dark brown conidiophores, monoblastic, discrete, ampulliform conidiogenous cells, lateral or terminal on the conidiophore, and obclavate, golden brown to olivaceous brown, multipseudoseptate conidia (Saikia & Sarbhoy 1985). Shenoy et al. (2010) confirmed phylogenetic placement of Paliphora in Chaetosphaeriaceae based on LSU sequence data and this was accepted by Seifert et al. (2011). Similar results were obtained by Lin et al. (2019) and is followed in this paper.
Type species: Morrisiella indica Saikia & A.K. Sarbhoy, Mycologia 77(2): 319 (1985).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Morrisiella.
References
Lin CG, Bhat DJ, Liu JK, Hyde KD, Wang Y. 2019a – The genus Castanediella. MycoKeys 51, 1–14.
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