Fungalpedia – Note 759, Strossmayeria
Strossmayeria Schulzer
Citation when using this data: Karimi O et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Incertae sedis, Helotiales, Leotiomycetidae, Leotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Strossmayeria (St.), was introduced by Schulzer (1881) with St. rackii as the type species. Currently, there are 20 accepted Strossmayeria species listed in Species Fungorum (2024). Members of this genus have been reported on various plant hosts, including bamboo from Panama, Calamus moti from Australia, Corylus sp. from France, Fagus sp. from Germany and the USA, Quercus sp. from Italy, and Rhipogonum scandens from New Zealand (Schulzer 1881, Iturriaga & Korf 1990, Fröhlich & Hyde 2000). To date, no species of this genus have been reported from peat swamp forests. In this study, we introduce St. narathiwatensis as a novel species, saprobic on the submerged rachis of Eleiodoxa conferta from the peat swamp forest in Narathiwat, Thailand.
Type species: Strossmayeria rackii Schulzer, Oesterr. bot. Z. 31: 314 (1881).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Strossmayeria.
Figure 1 – Strossmayeria narathiwatensis (MFLU 24-0491, holotype). a Host. b Colonies on the host substrate. c–f Conidiophores, conidiogenous cells and conidia. g, h Conidia. i Colonies on the CMA. Scale bars: b, c = 100 μm, d = 40 μm, e, f = 30 μm, g, h = 15 μm.
References
Fröhlich J, Hyde KD. 2000 – Palm microfungi. Fungal Diversity Press, Hong Kong, 1–393.
Iturriaga T, Korf RP. 1990 – A monograph of the Discomycete genus Strossmayeria (Leotiaceae), with comments on its anamorph, Pseudospiropes (Dematiaceae). Mycotaxon 36(2), 383–454.
Schulzer S. 1881 – Mykologisches. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 31(10), 313–315.
Entry by
Omid Karimi, State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, 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
Published online 28 July 2025