Fungalpedia – Note 657, Rasutoria
Rasutoria M.E. Barr
Citation when using this data: D. S. Marasinghe et al. 2023 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Euantennariaceae, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Barr (1987b) introduced Rasutoria with the type species of R. abietis which was earlier designated as Dimerosporium abietis. Species of Rasutoria are characterized by very small, globose to subglobose ascomata, surrounded by cylindrical hyphal appendages, fasciculate bitunicate saccate or oblong asci with hyaline to brown, ovoid, 1-septum ascospores (Barr 1987b). Winton et al. (2007) provided ITS sequence data for two species (R. pseudotsugae and R. tsugae) and later, Videira et al. (2017) synonymized these two species under Zasmidium due to its close phylogenetical relation with Mycosphaerella and Phaeocryptopus. We accepted Rasutoria in Euantennariaceae until it is confirmed with molecular data.
Type species: Rasutoria abietis (Dearn.) M.E. Barr, Mycotaxon 29: 502 (1987).
≡ Dimerosporium abietis Dearn., Mycologia 18(5): 243 (1926).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Rasutoria.
References
Barr ME 1987b – Prodromus to class Loculoascomycetes. University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Entry by
Diana Sandamali Marasinghe, 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, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai, 50150, Thailand
Published online 29 August 2023