Fungalpedia – Note 3055, Trichoglossum
Trichoglossum Boud.
Citation when using this data: Senanayake IC et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Geoglossaceae, Geoglossales, Incertae sedis, Geoglossomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
The genus Trichoglossum is typified by T. hirsutum (Pers.) Boud. Trichoglossum species are characterized by black or dark brown, club-shaped apothecia, inoperculate, amyloid asci, hymenial setae (presence in both ascogenous and sterile portions), apically curved or coiled, septate paraphyses and fusoid, septate ascospores. They are saprobes in soil (Mains 1954; Jaklitsch et al. 2016). There are 20 species listed under this genus (Species Fungorum 2023). We introduce a new Trichoglossum species in this study.
Type species: Trichoglossum beninense De Kesel, Hustad, A.N. Mill., Fedosova & V. Kučera.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Trichoglossum.
Figure 1 – Trichoglossum beninense (BR5020149821538, holotype). a Ascospores. b Paraphyses. c Setae. d Hymenium. e Asci showing euamyloid reaction of the ascoapical apparatus. f Elements of the stipe surface. g Fresh ascomata. h Habitat of T. beninense. (a–d, f in 5% KOH, e in IKI). Scale bars: a–f = 10 µm, g = 1 cm.
References
Mains EB. 1954 – North American species of Geoglossum and Trichoglossum. Mycologia 46(5): 586–631.
Entry by
Indunil C. Senanayake, Innovative Institute for Plant Health/ Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, Guangdong, China., Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand., Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, 3688, Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China., University of L’Aquila, Department MeSVA, sect. Environmental Sciences, Via Vetoio, 67100 Coppito (AQ), Italy.
Published online 28 August 2026