Fungalpedia – Note 1225, Tainosphaeria

 

Tainosphaeria. F.A. Fernández & Huhndorf.

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Chaetosphaeriaceae, Chaetosphaeriales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi 

Notes – This genus is typified by T. crassiparies, which was isolated from a Hymenaea seed pod (Fernández & Huhndorf 2005). Species of this genus are saprobes and recorded from both terrestrial and freshwater habitats (Fernández & Huhndorf 2005, Liu et al. 2016, Lu et al. 2016). Species of Tainosphaeria are characterized by subglobose to ovoid ascomata, cylindrical, pedicellate asci, with a J-, apical ring, and narrow-fusiform, septate ascospores (Fernández & Huhndorf 2005). The asexual morph is hyphomycetous, with mononematous, unbranched conidiophores, phyalidic conidiogenous cells with a collarette and ellipsoidal to clavate, or falcate, hyaline conidia (Fernández & Huhndorf 2005, Liu et al. 2016, Lu et al. 2016).

Type species: Tainosphaeria crassiparies F.A. Fernández & Huhndorf, in van der Walt & Scott, Fungal Diversity 18: 44 (2005).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Tainosphaeria.

 

References

Fernández FA, Huhndorf SM. 2005 – New species of Chaetosphaeria, Melanopsammella and Tainosphaeria gen. nov. from the Americas. Fungal Diversity 18, 15–57.

Liu JK, Yang J, Maharachchikumbura SSN, McKenzie EH et al. 2016 – Novel chaetosphaeriaceous hyphomycetes from aquatic habitats. Mycological Progress 15, 1157–1167.

Lu YZ, Liu JK, Hyde KD, Bhat DJ et al. 2016 – Brunneodinemasporium jonesii and Tainosphaeria jonesii spp. nov. (Chaetosphaeriaceae, Chaetosphaeriales) from southern China. Mycosphere 7, 1323–1332.

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China

 

Published online 28 February 2020

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