Fungalpedia – Note 1044, Strelitziana
Strelitziana Arzanlou & Crous
Citation when using this data: Tian Q et al. 2021 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Strelitzianaceae, Chaetothyriales, Chaetothyriomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Pathogenic or saprobic on stems, fruits and leaf spots of various plants. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: hyphomycetous. Conidiophores erect, solitary, arising from aerial and submerged mycelium, subcylindrical, straight to geniculous-sinuous, pale brown. Conidiogenous cells terminal, integrated, phialidic, rejuvenating percurrently, proliferating apically via several short, denticles conspicuous, conidiogenesis rhexolytic. Conidia pale obclavate, long, brown, multi-euseptate, smooth-walled. Microcyclic conidiation present in culture (Arzanlou & Crous 2006).
Notes: Strelitziana africana Arzanlou & Crous was isolated from leaves of Strelitzia sp. Based on its distinct morphology and phylogenetic analysis, currently eight species are accepted in Strelitziana (Trichomeriaceae) (Arzanlou & Crous 2006).
Type species: Strelitziana africana Arzanlou & Crous, Fungal Planet, A Global Initiative to Promote the Study of Fungal Biodiversity 8: [1] (2006).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Strelitziana.
Figure 1 – Strelitziana africana (PRE 43727, holotype, redrawn from Papendorf 1969). a Conidia. b Conidiogenous cell giving rise to conidia. Scale bars: a, b =10 µm.
References
Arzanlou M, Crous PW. 2006 – Strelitziana africana M. Arzanlou & Crous, gen. and sp. nov. Fungal Planet. no. 8. 2 pp.
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