Tetraploa

Fungalpedia – Note 2472, Tetraploa

 

Tetraploa Berk. & Broome

Citation when using this data: Dong W et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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

Classification: Tetraplosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Tetraploa was reinstated, suppressing Tetraplosphaeria Kaz. Tanaka & K. Hiray. by Hyde et al. (2013). Hyde et al. (2020b) doubted that Dwibahubeeja N. Srivast. et al. was a synonym of Tetraploa because of the similarities of T. dwibahubeeja Rajeshkumar et al. and D. indica N. Srivast. et al. (type). However, this cannot be resolved until sequence data of D. indica is available.

Tetraploa is similar to other genera in Tetraplosphaeriaceae in having conidia with several setose appendages, but differs by its globose ascomata, narrowly fusiform ascospores surrounded by a narrow mucilaginous appendage-like sheath and cylindrical, euseptate conidia with setose appendages (Hyde et al. 2013).

The freshwater species T. scheueri Kaz. Tanaka & K. Hiray. was proposed by Hyde et al. (2013) to replace Tetraplosphaeria tetraploa (Scheuer) Kaz. Tanaka & K. Hiray. The asexual morph of T. scheueri was reported as T. aristata Berk. & Broome based on cultural methods (Scheuer 1991). However, Tanaka et al. (2009) considered T. aristata to be a species-complex composed of phylogenetically diverse lineages. Thus, the identification of T. aristata should be re-evaluated (Tanaka et al. 2009). In our phylogenetic analysis, two putative strains T. aristata (CBS 996.70) and T. scheueri (CY112) cluster together and there are two nucleotide differences in ITS sequence data, which probably supports the conclusion of Scheuer (1991). However, the real identities of two strains are unknown because their morphology are unavailable (Tanaka et al. 2009; Rodrigues et al. 2011).

Type species: Tetraploa aristata Berk. & Broome.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Tetraploa.

 

 

Figure 1 – Tetraploa puzheheiensis (MFLU 20-0441, holotype). a, b Colonies on natural substrate. c–j Conidia. k Germinated conidium. l, m Colony on PDA (up-front, down-reverse). Scale bars: c–k = 10 μm.

 

References

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H, Boehm E, Boonmee S, Braun U, Chomnunti P, Crous PW, Dai DQ, Diederich P, Dissanayake A, Doilom M, Doveri F, Hongsanan S, Jayawardena R, Lawrey JD, Li YM, Liu YX, Lücking R, Monkai J, Muggia L, Nelsen MP, Pang KL, Phookamsak R, Senanayake I, Shearer CA, Suetrong S, Tanaka K, Thambugala KM, Wijayawardene NN, Wikee S, Wu HX, Zhang Y, Aguirre-Hudson B, Alias SA, Aptroot A, Bahkali AH, Bezerra JL, Bhat DJ, Camporesi E, Chukeatirote E, Gueidan C, Hawksworth DL, Hirayama K, Hoog SD, Kang JC, Knudsen K, Li WJ, Li XH, Liu ZY, Mapook A, McKenzie EHC, Miller AN, Mortimer PE, Phillips AJL, Raja HA, Scheuer CH, Schumm F, Taylor JE, Tian Q, Tibpromma S, Wanasinghe DN, Wang Y, Xu JC, Yan JY, Yacharoen S, Zhang M 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Divers 63:1–313.

Hyde KD, Dong Y, Phookamsak R, Jeewon R, Bhat DJ, Jones EBG, Liu NG, Abeywickrama PD, Mapook A, Wei D, Perera RH, Manawasinghe IS, Pem D, Bundhun D, Karunarathna A, Ekanayaka AH, Bao DF, Li J, Samarakoon MC, Chaiwan N, Lin CG, Phutthacharoen K, Zhang SN, Senanayake IC, Goonasekara ID, Thambugala KM, Phukhamsakda C, Tennakoon DS, Jiang HB, Yang J, Zeng M, Huanraluek N, Liu JK, Wijesinghe SN, Tian Q, Tibpromma S, Brahmanage RS, Boonmee S, Huang SK, Thiyagaraja V, Lu YZ, Jayawardena RS, Dong W, Yang EF, Singh SK, Singh SM, Rana S, Lad SS, Anand G, Devadatha B, Niranjan M, Sarma VV, Liimatainen K, Aguirre-Hudson B, Niskanen T, Overall A, Alvarenga RLM, Gibertoni TB, Pfliegler WP, Horváth E, Imre A, Alves AL, da Silva Santos AC, Tiago PV, Bulgakov TS, Wanasinghe DN, Bahkali AH, Doilom M, Elgorban AM, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Rajeshkumar KC, Haelewaters D, Mortimer PE, Zhao Q, Lumyong S, Xu J, Sheng J 2020b – Fungal diversity notes 1151–1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa. Fungal Divers 100:5–277.

Rodrigues A, Mueller UG, Ishak HD, Bacci M Jr, Pagnocca FC 2011 – Ecology of microfungal communities in gardens of fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a year-long survey of three species of attine ants in Central Texas. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 78:244–255.

Scheuer CH 1991 – Massarina tetraploa sp. nov., the teleomorph of Tetraploa aristata. Mycol Res 95:126–128.

Tanaka K, Hirayama K, Yonezawa H, Hatakeyama S, Harada Y, Sano T, Shirouzu T, Hosoya T 2009 – Molecular taxonomy of bambusicolous fungi: Tetraplosphaeriaceae, a new pleosporalean family with Tetraploa-like anamorphs. Stud Mycol 64:175–209.

 

Entry by

Wei Dong, Faculty of Agriculture and Food, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Innovative Agriculture Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, China

 

Published online 15 May 2026

Back to Glossary Index Page