Fungalpedia – Note 761, Terriera

 

Terriera B. Erikss.

Citation when using this data: Karimi O et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Rhytismataceae, Rhytismatales, Leotiomycetidae, Leotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi 

Terriera (Te.), was introduced by Eriksson (1970), with Te. cladophila as the type species. Currently, there are 40 accepted Terriera species listed in Species Fungorum (2024). Members of Terriera have been reported on woody plant materials from various regions, including Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Norway, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the USA (Johnston 2001, Hyde et al. 2016, Tibpromma et al. 2018, Zhang et al. 2020). To date, no species of this genus have been reported from peat swamp forests. In this study, we introduce Te. narathiwatensis as a novel species found on submerged leaf sheaths of Cyrtostachys renda from the peat swamp forest in Narathiwat, Thailand. 

Type species: Terriera cladophila (Lév.) B. Erikss., Symb. bot. upsal. 19(no. 4): 59 (1970).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Terriera.

 

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Figure 1 – Terriera narathiwatensis (MFLU 24-0492, holotype). a Host. b Appearance of apothecia on the host substrate. c Horizontal section through an apothecium. d Vertical section through an apothecium. e Triangular space in the section between the covering stroma and basal stroma. f, g Asci. h, i Paraphyses. j–l Ascospores. m A germinated ascospore. n Colonies on the PDA. Scale bars: b = 1000 μm, c, i = 25 μm, d = 100 μm, e, j–l = 15 μm, f, g = 30 μm, h, m = 20 μm

 

References

Eriksson B. 1970 – On Ascomycetes on Diapensiales and Ericales in Fennoscandia. 1. Discomycetes. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 19(4), 1–71.

Hyde KD, Hongsanan S, Jeewon R, Bhat DJ, et al. 2016 – Fungal diversity notes 367–490: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 80, 1–270.

Johnston PR. 2001 – Monograph of the monocotyledon-inhabiting species of Lophodermium. Mycological Papers 176, 1–239.

Tibpromma S, Hyde KD, McKenzie EH, Bhat DJ, et al. 2018 – Fungal diversity notes 840–928: micro-fungi associated with Pandanaceae. Fungal Diversity 93, 1–160. 

Zhang JF, Liu J-K, Hyde KD, Ekanayaka AH, et al. 2020 – Morpho-phylogenetic evidence reveals new species in Rhytismataceae (Rhytismatales, Leotiomycetes, Ascomycota) from Guizhou Province, China. MycoKeys 76, 81–106.

 

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

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