Fungalpedia – Note 29 Uzbekistanica
Citation: Bhunjun et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia, genera described in 2018, Mycosphere (in press)
Uzbekistanica Wanas., Gafforov & K.D. Hyde
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1
Uzbekistanica was introduced by Wanasinghe et al. (2018) based on morphology and phylogeny (ITS, LSU, SSU, tef and rpb2). Uzbekistanica belongs to Melanommataceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes), which has a wide distribution in temperate and subtropical regions in various woody plants found in terrestrial, marine, or freshwater habitats. The melanommataceous genera Marjia, Gemmamyces, Melanocucurbitaria, Muriformistrickeria, Pseudostrickeria, and Praetumpfia are morphologically similar to Uzbekistanica in having muriform ascospores. Uzbekistanica species have been isolated from Uzbekistan, Russia and Iran as pathogens and saprobes on Rosa hissarica, Juglans regia, and Prunus armeniaca(Wanasinghe et al. 2018, Hongsanan et al. 2020, Bagherabadi & Zafari 2021). Both sexual and asexual morphs are recorded where the sexual morph is characterized by broadly oblong ascomata, septate pseudoparaphyses, cylindrical to cylindric-clavate asci, and muriform, ellipsoidal, yellowish brown to brown ascospores. The asexual morph is coelomycetous, with globose conidiomata, holoblastic, cylindrical to subcylindrical, hyaline conidiogenous cells, and 1-septate, sepia or brown conidia (Wanasinghe et al. 2018, Hongsanan et al. 2020).
Type species: Uzbekistanica rosae-hissaricae Wanas., Gafforov & K.D. Hyde
Other accepted species
Uzbekistanica pruni Chaiwan, Wanas., Bulgakov & K.D. Hyde
Uzbekistanica vitis-viniferae Crous & Akulov
Uzbekistanica yakutkhanika Wanas., Gafforov & K.D. Hyde
Fig 1. Uzbekistanica rosae-hissaricae (TASM 6116, holotype) a, b. Ascomata on host substrate. c. Section of ascoma. d. Peridium. e. Pseudoparaphyses. f– h. Asci. i–m. Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 1 mm, b = 200 μm, c = 100 μm, d = 25 μm, f–h = 20 μm, e, i–m = 10 μm. Photo credits: Dhanushka N. Wanasinghe.
References
Bagherabadi S, Zafari D. 2021 – Morphological and molecular characterization of Uzbekistanica spp. isolated from walnut trees. Mycologia Iranica, 8, 11– 16. https://mij.areeo.ac.ir/article_126252.html
Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2020 – Refined families of Dothideomycetes: Dothideomycetidae and Pleosporomycetidae. Mycosphere 11, 1553–2107. Doi 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/13. https://mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHERE_11_1_13.pdf
Index Fungorum – 2022 http://www.indexfun gorum.org/names/Names.asp
Wanasinghe DN, Phukhamsakda C, Hyde KD, Jeewon R et al. 2018 – Fungal diversity notes 709– 839: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa with an emphasis on fungi on Rosaceae. Fungal Diversity 89, 1–236. https://link.springer.com/article/10. 1007/s13225-018-0395-7
Entry by
W.A. Erandi Yasanthika, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand
(Edited by Chitrabhanu S. Bhunjun and Kevin D. Hyde)