Fungalpedia – Note 1043, Neostrelitziana
Neostrelitziana Crous & M.J. Wingf.
Citation when using this data: Tian Q et al. 2021 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Incertae sedis, Chaetothyriales, Chaetothyriomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Pathogenic on leaves causing leaf spots. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Mycelium comprising branched, pale brown, septate, smooth-walled hyphae. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells solitary on hyphae, phialidic, subcylindrical, pale brown, smooth, curved. Conidia solitary, subcylindrical to slightly clavate, with a slight taper in the basal third of collarette, pale brown, straight to curved, septate, smooth, granular, base with long, curved, to S-curved collarette, cylindrical, pale brown (adapted from Crous et al. 2015a).
Notes: Neostrelitziana Crous & M.J. Wingf. was introduced by Crous et al. (2015a) with the type species N. acaciigena Crous & M.J. Wingf. from leaf spots of Acacia mangium. Neostrelitziana acaciigena fits the characters with Strelitziana, while Neostrelitziana acaciigena formed a distinct clade away from Strelitziana (Crous et al. 2015a). Neostrelitziana acaciigena has curved, to S-shaped collarettes, but Strelitziana has short and straight collarettes. It is therefore a distinct genus.
Type species: Neostrelitziana acaciigena Crous & M.J. Wingf., Persoonia 34: 187 (2015)
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Neostrelitziana.
Figure 1 – Neostrelitziana acaciigena (redrawn from Crous et al. 2015a). a, b Conidiogenous cells. c Conidia. Scale bars: a–c = 10 µm.
References
Entry by
Qing Tian, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
Published online 16 December 2021