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Fungalpedia – Note 207, Teliosporites (Fossil Fungi)  Teliosporites R. Kar, Mand. & R.K. Kar. Citation when using this data: Saxena RK & Hyde KD. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Fossil Fungi.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Basidiomycota incertae sedis, Fossil Fungi. The fossil genus, Teliosporites, was described by Kar et al. (2010) from the Bhuban Formation (Miocene, 23–5 mya) in Tlangsam, Mizoram, India. Teliosporites is characterized by a mass of fungal teliospores, generally surrounded by a gelatinous, translucent sheath up to 2 μm thick. The spores are laevigate, and sterile cells may be associated with fertile ones, giving a pseudobaculate appearance in surface view. There are two records of this genus in Index Fungorum (2023). Type species: Teliosporites globatus R. Kar, Mand. & R.K. Kar.   Figure 1 – Teliosporites globatus. Scale bar = 10 μm. Redrawn from Kar et al. (2010). [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 287, Tenuimurus   Tenuimurus Senan., Camporesi & K.D. Hyde Citation when using this entry: Perera et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, genera described in 2016.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Phomatosporaceae, Phomatosporales, Incertae sedis, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi Senanayake et al. (2016) introduced the monotypic genus Tenuimurus for T. clematidis based on LSU-SSU-ITS phylogenetic analysis. Tenuimurus clematidis is saprobic in the stems of overwintered plants (Senanayake et al. 2016). The sexual morph of Tenuimurus is characterized by solitary to aggregated and immersed ascomata. They are globose to subglobose, membranous, coriaceous, brown, and develop beneath a tiny blackened clypeus. Ostiole is central and periphysate with a short papilla. The peridium consists of a few inner, hyaline, thick-walled elongated cells and outer, brown, thick-walled, elongated cells. The hamathecium consists of hypha-like, hyaline, filamentous, [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 425, Tephroderma   Tephroderma Contu & Musumeci  Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Macrofungi. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1          Classification: Incertae sedis, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi. Tephroderma was first introduced by Musumeci and Contu (2014), with T. fuscopallens as the type species, but the genus is still only a single species.  Later, Sesli and Sesli (2016) confirmed this genus based on morphological, ecological, and molecular data (ITS). This genus is characterized by the cap of the basidiocarp, which is initially hemispherical or convex, flat as mature, and the center is more or less concave. It resembles a funnel, and its edges are irregular or wavy. Approximately one-third of the surface is striped, whereas the surface is smooth, hygroscopic, blackish [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 438, Teratosphaericola   Teratosphaericola Quaedvl. & Crous  Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Fungal pathogens. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1  Classification: Teratosphaeriaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.  Based on phylogenies of five-loci of ITS, LSU, RPB2, TEF-1α and TUB sequences, Quaedvlieg et al. (2014) introduced Teratosphaericola as a monotypic genus within Teratosphaeriaceae, Mycosphaerellales in Dothideomycetes with type species Teratosphaericola pseudoafricana. Teratosphaericola pseudoafricana was first described as Mycosphaerella pseudoafricana by Crous et al. (2006) (≡ Teratosphaeria pseudoafricana (Crous et al. 2007)). Morphologically, Teratosphaericola is similar to Teratosphaeria and can only be distinguished based on its DNA phylogeny (Quaedvlieg et al. 2014). The member of Teratosphaericola can be found as foliicolous or plant pathogenic and characterized by having ascomata pseudothecial; ostiole apical, central; wall of 2–3 cell layers of medium brown [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 439, Teratosphaeriopsis   Teratosphaeriopsis Quaedvl. & Crous Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Fungal pathogens. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1  Classification: Teratosphaeriaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi. Based on phylogenies of ITS, LSU, RPB2, TEF-1α and BUT sequences, Quaedvlieg et al. (2014) introduced Teratosphaeriopsis as a monotypic genus within Teratosphaeriaceae, Mycosphaerellales in Dothideomycetes with type species Teratosphaeriopsis pseudoafricana. Teratosphaeriopsis pseudoafricana was originally identified as Amycosphaerella africana (= Mycosphaerella africana) based on morphology (Crous & Wingfield 1996). Teratosphaeriopsis pseudoafricana isolated as foliicolous and plant pathogenic. Morphologically, Teratosphaeriopsis species similar to Teratosphaeria sensu stricto but can only be distinguished via phylogenetic data (Wijayawardene et al. 2014). Teratosphaeriopsis is characterized by black ascomata, erumpent, globose, solitary or in clusters of up to three, with papillate apex and central ostiole; wall consisting of 2–3 layers [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 217, Tetradigita (Fossil Fungi)   Tetradigita R. Kar, Mand. & R.K. Kar.  Citation when using this entry: Saxena RK & Hyde KD. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Fossil Fungi.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1              Classification: Incertae sedis, Fossil Ascomycota, Fungi  The monotypic fossil genus Tetradigita was described by Kar et al. (2010) in the Bhuban Formation (Miocene, 23–5 mya) of Tlangsam, Mizoram, India. The genus is characterized by long and tubular fungal conidia and is blastic in development. The conidium bends in the middle to produce two lateral arms, simultaneously giving a stellate appearance. Arms equal to unequal in length (5–30 × 2–4 μm), sometimes with further branching. Spore wall 1 μm thick, laevigate, translucent-light brown, mostly non-septate. Type species: Tetradigita stellata Kar et al. 2010.   Figure 1 – Tetradigita [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 137 Thelephora   Thelephora Ehrh. ex Willd. Citation if using this entry: Bera et al. (in prep) Basidiomycota. Mycosphere Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes, Thelephorales, Thelephoraceae Thelephora, the type genus of the family Thelephoraceae has unique basidiomata that often resemble intricately folded or convoluted structures. However, the genus exhibits an extensive variety of basidiomata morphology ranging from clavarioid, stereoid, urniform, merismatoid, superposed rosette, or intermediatory forms (Ramírez-López et al. 2015, Yang et al. 2023). Interestingly, two species of Thelephora, T. versatilis Ram.-Lóp. & Villegas and T. pseudoversatilis Ram.-Lóp. & Villegas, exhibited a sub-resupinate to resupinate habit on living plants as well (Ramírez-López et al. 2013). This basidiomycete genus has smooth-surfaced pileus but sometimes strigose, papillose, or faintly ribbed surfaces were also observed (Liu et al. 2021). The hymenophore varies from smooth to [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 251, Thyrostroma   Thyrostroma Höhn. Citation when using this entry: Aumentado et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, plant pathogens.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Botryosphaeriaceae, Botryosphaeriales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi Thyrostroma was established by Höhnel (1911) and typified with T. compactum. This genus belongs to the Dothidotthiaceae family of the order Pleosporales within the Dothideomycetes class of Ascomycota (Hongsanan et al. 2020). Thyrostroma has previously been considered synonymous with several other genera, including Coryneum, Stegonsporium, Stigmina, Thyrococcum, Thyrostromella, and Wilsonomyces (Höhnel 1911, Morgan-Jones 1971, Sutton & Pascoe 1989). Previously, Thyrostroma was considered to be the asexual form of Dothidotthia owing to its hyphomycete state in culture (Phillips et al. 2008), but there has been no phylogenetic validation to support this connection. The incorporation of new morphological insights and phylogenetic examinations established that Thyrostroma and Dothidotthia [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 28 Tieghemostelium   Citation: Bhunjun et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia, genera described in 2018, Mycosphere (in press)   Tieghemostelium S. Baldauf, S. Sheikh & Thulin Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Tieghemostelium was introduced in the family Raperosteliaceae in the group of dictyostelids (Sheikh et al. 2018, Wijayawardene et al. 2020). It belongs under the phylum Protozoa of the kingdom Protista, thus the generic name is not considered to apply to an organism within the fungal clade. The new classification and placement of Tieghemostelium is based on molecular phylogenic analysis of small subunit ribosomal RNA (18S rRNA). It is sister to Hagiwaraea and Raperostelium but has unique nucleotides in positions 246-249 and 511-513 in the SSU rRNA gene regions (Sheikh et al. 2018). This genus has sorocarps with cellular stalks, that are colorless and [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 495, Torpedosporaceae    Torpedosporaceae E.B.G. Jones & K.L. Pang Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Extreme-tolerant fungi. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1  Classification: Torpedosporaceae, Torpedosporales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi. Torpedosporaceae was introduced by Jones et al. (2014) to accommodate Torpedospora as the type genus. Torpedosporaceae species are saprobic in intertidal wood, mangrove wood, roots, bark, and leaves in marine habitats. They are distributed worldwide in both temperate and tropical regions (for example, Bahamas, Denmark, India, Italy, Ivory coast, Japan, Liberia, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, UK, USA) (Jones et al. 2014). The sexual morph has perithecial, hyaline, immersed or superficial, subglobose, ostiolate ascomata with paraphyses, unitunicate, thin-walled, clavate to ellipsoidal, short pedicellate asci, fasciculate, hyaline, cylindrical to ellipsoidal, [...]