Fungalpedia – Note 809, Setiferotheca
Setiferotheca Matsush.
Citation when using this data: Huang SK et al. 2021 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1k-m
Classification: Ceratostomataceae, Melanosporales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on litter in forest. Sexual morph: Subiculum white, composed of hyaline, septate hyphae. Ascomata perithecial, superficial, gregarious to solitary, globose to subglobose, pale brown to brown, translucent, membranaceous, with inconspicuous ostioles, surrounded by straight, rigid, tapering, dark brown to black setae. Peridium membranaceous, composed of pale brown cells of textura angularis. Asci 4- to 8-spored, clavate to cylindrical, evanescent. Ascospores usually bi-seriate, brown, ellipsoidal, smooth-walled, rounded apex, terminal apiculate base with germ pore. Asexual morph: Undetermined (adapted from Matsushima 1995).
Notes – Setiferotheca was established as a genus related to Sphaeroderma (= Melanospora), although the former has ascospores with a germ pore at one end, and the latter has one germ pore at each end (Matsushima 1995). However, no molecular data is available for the Setiferotheca.
Type species: Setiferotheca nipponica Matsush., Matsush. Mycol. Mem. 8: 35 (1995).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Setiferotheca.
Figure 1 – Biciliosporina karwarensis: a–b (IMI-IMI324681, holotype); c–e (redrawn from Subramanian & Sekar 1990). a Material. b Collapsed ascomata on the host. c Sectional view of ascoma. d Asci. e Ascospores; Syspastospora parasitica: f (redrawn from Cannon & Hawksworth 1982). f Ascospores; Scopinella barbata: g–h (redrawn from Hawksworth 1975). g Ascus. h Ascospores; Loranitschkia viticola: i (redrawn from Vasilyeva et al. 2010). i Asci and ascospores; Botryola tetrasperma: j (redrawn from Batista et al. 1964). j Asci and ascospores; Setiferotheca nipponica: k–m (redrawn from Matsushima 1995). k Peridium with setae. l Asci. m Ascospores; Janannfeldtia karwarensis: n (redrawn from Subramanian & Sekar 1990). n Asci and ascospores; Vittatispora coorgii: o–q (redrawn from Chaudhary et al. 2006). o Ascoma. p Ascus. q Ascospores; Rhagadostomella gregaria: r–s (redrawn from Etayo 2002). r Ascospores. s Asci; Neochaetosphaerella thaxteriospora: t (redrawn from Vasilyeva et al. 2012). t Ascus and ascospores; Tortulomyces thailandicus: u (redrawn from Vasilyeva et al. 2013). u Ascus and ascospores. Scale bars: b = 500 µm, c, k, o = 200 µm, i = 50 µm, d, j, n, s–u = 20 µm, e, g, l, r = 10 µm, h, m, p–q = 5 µm, f = 2 µm.
References
Batista AC, Bezerra JL, Castrillon AL, da Matta EAF. 1964 – Novos Ascomycetos foliícolas e caulinares. Publicações do Instituto de Micologia da Universidade do Recife 431, 1–22.
Etayo J. 2002 – Aportación al conocimiento de los hongos liquenícolas de Colombia. Bibliotheca Lichenologica 84, 1–154.
Matsushima T. 1995 – Matsushima Mycological Memoires 8. Matsushima Mycological Memoirs 8, 1–44.
Subramanian CV, Sekar G. 1990 – Coronophorales from India-a monograph. Kavaka 18, 19–90.
Entry by
Shi-Ke Huang, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China, The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou Province, China, 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, The Mushroom Research Centre, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Published online 14 September 2021