Fungalpedia – Note 510, Skirgielliaceae 

 

Skirgielliaceae Doweld

Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Protozoa. 

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 

Classification: Rozellidae, Rozellida, Incertae sedis, Rozellidea, Paramycia, Choanozoa, Protozoa.

Doweld (2014) erected the Skirgielliaceae to accommodate Skirgiellia. Skirgielliaceae are obligatory intracellular mycoparasites. Because of the highly diverse morphology of Rozella. Skirgiellia was erected to accommodate three polysporangiate species. The monosporangiate forms are retained in Rozella. Batko (1977) designated the type of Rozella nomenclatural superfluously (Arts 52.1, 52.2) (Letcher & Powell 2018). This makes his generic name illegitimate. Therefore, the introduction of Skirgielliaceae is illegitimate.

Type genus: Skirgiellia A. Batko

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Skirgielliaceae

Figure 1 – Skirgiellia septigena. a Sporangium from zoospores. b Sporangium from spores. Redrawn from Czeczuga and Muszyńska (1997).

 

References

Czeczuga B, Muszyńska E. 1997 –Aquatic fungi growing on the eggs of some anadromous fish species of the family Clupeidae. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 27(1), 83–93.

Doweld A. 2014 – Nomenclatural novelties. Skirgiellia achlyae, Skirgiellia allomycetis, and Skirgielliaceae. Index Fungorum 129, 1.

Letcher PM, Powell MJ. 2018 – A taxonomic summary and revision of Rozella (Cryptomycota). IMA Fungus 9, 383–399. 

 

Entry by

Samarakoon MC, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.

 

(Edited by Saowaluck Tibpromma, Samaneh Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani, & Achala R. Rathnayaka)

 

Published online 9 December 2024

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