Fungalpedia – Note 987, Neoroussoella
Neoroussoella. Jian K. Liu, Phookamsak & K.D. Hyde
Citation when using this data: de Silva NI et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank., Fig 1
Classification: Roussoellaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Neoroussoella was introduced by Liu et al. (2014) to include N. bambusae, which was collected from dead branch of Bambusa sp. in Thailand. Neoroussoella species can be distinguished from Roussoella species in having uni-locolate ascomata and its coelomycetous asexual morph forming hyaline to pale brown, smooth-walled conidia (Liu et al. 2014, Jayasiri et al. 2019). Eleven Neoroussoella epithets listed in Index Fungorum (2022).
Type species: Neoroussoella bambusae Phookamsak, Jian K. Liu & K.D. Hyde, in Liu et al., Phytotaxa 181(1): 23 (2014).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Neoroussoella.
Figure 1 – Neoroussoella entadae (MFLU 18-1310). a–c Appearance of conidiomata on substrate. d, e Vertical sections through conidiomata. f Neck region. g Conidiomatal wall.
h Conidiogenous cells. i–k Conidia. Scale bars: b = 200 μm, c = 100 μm, d, e = 50 μm, f = 20 μm, g = 10 μm, h–k = 2 μm.
References
Index Fungorum 2022 – http://www.indexfungorum.org/names/Names.asp (Accessed on January 30, 2022).
Entry by
Nimali Indeewari de Silva, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Research Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
Published online 18 November 2022