Fungalpedia – Note 659, Trichothallus

 

Trichothallus F. Stevens 

Citation when using this data: D. S. Marasinghe et al. 2023 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Euantennariaceae, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Stevens (1925) established Trichothallus to accommodate species with setose thallus and phragmoconidia. This genus was formally placed in Trichopeltinaceae in Hemisphaeriales. Later, Petrak (1951) excluded from Trichopeltinaceae based on the characters of its recognized setae (“tragerartige Hyphen”) and phragmoconidia. Species of Trichothallus have curved, sigmoid phragmoconidia developing from mycelium and narrower and non-deciduous setae (Hughes 1972). Rossman et al. (2016) considered that Plokamidomyces and Trichopeltheca are synonyms of Trichothallus.

Type species: Trichothallus hawaiiensis F. Stevens, Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 19: 85 (1925).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Trichothallus.

 

References

Hughes SJ 1972 – New Zealand fungi 17. Pleomorphism in Euantennariaceae and Metacapnodiaceae, two new families of sooty moulds. NZ J Bot 10:225–242.

Rossman AY, Allen WC, Braun U et al 2016 – Overlooked competing asexual and sexually typified generic names of Ascomycota with recommendations for their use or protection. IMA Fungus 7:289–308.

Stevens FL 1925 – Hawaiian Fungi. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bull 19:1–189.

 

Entry by 

Diana Sandamali Marasinghe, 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, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai, 50150, Thailand

 

Published online 29 August 2023

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