Fungalpedia – Note 2471, Shrungabeeja
Shrungabeeja V.G. Rao & K.A. Reddy
Citation when using this data: Dong W et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Tetraplosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on dead branch, culm or submerged wood. Sexual morph: Colonies effuse, blackish brown. Mycelium superficial or immersed. Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, cylindrical, erect, straight or flexuous, unbranched, septate, pale brown to deep brown, smooth. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, determinate or percurrently proliferative, pale brown to brown, smooth. Conidia acrogenous, subglobose or turbinate, aseptate, with appendages (Zhang et al. 2009a). Asexual morph: Undetermined.
Notes: Shrungabeeja is characterized by macronematous conidiophores, monoblastic, determinate or percurrent conidiogenous cells and subglobose or turbinate conidia with appendages (Zhang et al. 2009a). Ariyawansa et al. (2015) confirmed Shrungabeeja in Tetraplosphaeriaceae based on molecular data of S. longiappendiculata Sommai et al. The type species S. vadirajensis was initially collected from India (Rao and Reddy 1981), later found from China (Zhang et al. 2009a). The sequence data of S. vadirajensis was lacking in previous studies (Rao and Reddy 1981; Zhang et al. 2009a; Ariyawansa et al. 2015). We describe another reference specimen of S. vadirajensis with molecular data. Shrungabeeja species are often recorded from terrestrial habitats (Zhang et al. 2009a; Ariyawansa et al. 2015; Kirschner et al. 2017), we report one new species and one new habitat and geographical record from freshwater. The morphology of Shrungabeeja species are very similar and thus sequence data are of crucial importance to separate them.
Type species: Shrungabeeja vadirajensis V.G. Rao & K.A. Reddy.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Shrungabeeja.
Figure 1 – Shrungabeeja aquatica (MFLU 18-0978, holotype). a, b Colonies on submerged wood. c–e Conidiophores with conidiogenous cells. f–j Conidia. Scale bars: c, f, i, j = 30 μm, d, e = 15 μm, g, h = 50 μm.
References
Rao VG, Reddy KA 1981 – Two new Hyphomycetes. Indian J Bot 4:108–114.
Entry by
Wei Dong, Faculty of Agriculture and Food, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Innovative Agriculture Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, China
Published online 15 May 2026