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Fungalpedia – Note 43 Bellojisia   Bellojisia (Höhn.) Réblová Citation if using this entry Noorabadi MT et al. (2023) New genera in 2008-2009. Mycosphere (in prep) Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1. The monotypic genus, Bellojisia (Höhn) Réblová was established by Réblová (2008), to accommodate Bellojisia rhynchostoma (Höhn.) Réblová (= Jobellisia rhynchostoma (Höhn). Barr) as the type species. It is saprobic on wood. Based on phylogenic analyses of LSU sequence data Jobellisia rhynchostoma formed a distinct clade from the other species of Jobellisia in Jobellisiales and this species was placed in Lasiosphaeriaceae, Sordariales (Réblová 2008), Bellojisia rhynchostoma is different from other species of Jobellisia based on phylogenetic analysis and some morphological characters such as its unique reniform ascospores, deliquescing asci, ascal apex and the structure of the perithecial wall ( Réblová 2008).    Type species: Bellojisia rhynchostoma (Höhn.) Réblová     Fig. 1 – Bellojisia rhynchostoma.. (redrawn from  Réblová 2008) a Perithecial wall in longitudinal section of the venter. b Perithecia on the natural substratum. c [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 98 Beltraniella   Beltraniella Subram. Citation when using this entry: Lin et al., in prep – Notes, outline and phylogeny of hyaline-spored hyphomycetes. Fungal Diversity, in review. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1. Beltraniella was introduced by Subramanian (1952) with the type species B. odinae Subram. Thirty species are accepted (Lin et al. 2017b, Crous et al. 2020, Hyde et al. 2020a, 2020b, Tan & Shivas 2022, Species Fungorum – search Beltraniella). When present, the setae of Beltraniella species are sterile extensions of conidiophores or occur among conidiophores They are unbranched and arise from radially-lobed basal cells. Conidiophores are branched, often with setiform apex, arising from radially-lobed basal cells. Conidiogenous cells are polyblastic, sympodial, with or without swollen separating cells, and produce acropleurogenous, turbinate or biconic conidia with a distinct hyaline transverse band (Lin et al. 2017a, Hyde et al. 2020b). This [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 162, Biporipsilonites (Fossil Fungi)   Biporipsilonites Kalgutkar & Janson. Citation when using this data: Saxena RK & Hyde KD. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Fossil Fungi.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Amerosporae, Fossil Fungi.  Kalgutkar & Jansonius (2000) erected a new genus Biporipsilonites to accommodate Diporicellaesporites belluloides originally described by Song (1985) from the Early-Late Miocene (23–5 mya) sediments of Jiandingshan, Huangshi and Huatugou, Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province, China. This genus comprises generally small to medium-sized, unicellate fungal spores with more or less elongated fusiform to barrel-shaped outlines with a plane of symmetry through the equator. The spore wall is generally smooth, occasionally with some subdued sculpture, and of medium thickness. Two terminal pores form pore chambers subtended by a basal septum and enclosed by a thin wall material that further thins [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 79 Blastocladiomyceta   Blastocladiomyceta Tedersoo, Sánchez-Ramírez, Kõljalg, Bahram, Döring, Schigel, T. May, M. Ryberg & Abarenkov Citation when using this entry: Wijayawardene et al., in prep – Fungalpedia, taxa of the basal fungi and fungus-like organisms. Mycosphere. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.  The subkingdom Blastocladiomyceta covers a single phylum (Blastocladiomycota), introduced based on phylogenies and divergence time estimates (Tedersoo et al. 2018). It was found and reported as saprotrophs or parasites on plants, animals, and fungi. Morphological descriptions were given by James et al. (2006) and Tedersoo et al. (2018). The phylum Blastocladiomycota contains one subphylum (Blastocladiomycotina) and two classes (Blastocladiomycetes, Physodermatomycetes) (Tedersoo et al. 2018). Thirty-five species are named in Index Fungorum (2023). Type genus: Blastocladia Reinsch.     Figure 1 – Blastocladia pringsheimii (redrawn from Blackwell 1940). a Blastocladia pringsheimii with far-reaching rhizoidal mycelium. b A dried [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 130, Boeremia   Boeremia Aveskamp, Gruyter & Verkley Citation when using this entry: Aumentado et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, plant pathogens.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1. Classification: Didymellaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi  Boeremia, introduced by Aveskamp et al. (2010), was established to include phoma-like species that share morphological similarities with Phoma exigua. Boeremia is typically characterised by variable-shape and -size pycnidial conidiomata, mostly globose to subglobose, smooth or with few mycelial outgrowths on the agar surface or immersed. Pycnidia can be solitary or confluent, with 1–2(–3) ostioles that are apapillate or papillate. When mature, ostioles are lined internally with papillate hyaline cells. The pycnidial wall consists of pseudoparenchymatous tissue, composed of 2–8 cell layers, with the outer 1–3 layers being brown-pigmented (Aveskamp et al. 2010, Jayawardena et al. 2019). The conidiogenous cells are [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 133 Boletus   Boletus L. Citation if using this entry: Bera et al. (in prep) Basidiomycota. Mycosphere Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes, Boletales, Boletaceae One of the most highly valued wild edible mushrooms across the globe is Boletus s. str. with its exceptional commercial value playing a crucial economic role for local communities (Hall et al. 1998, Sabra & Walter 2001, Cui et al. 2016, Gelardi 2020). Colloquially known as porcini, king boletes, penny bun, or ceps, Boletus s. str. primarily displays an agaricoid habit, with occasional instances of sequestrate growth forms (Gelardi 2020). The typical feature of these porcini mushrooms is their ventricose to cylindrical stipe often with a broader base and raised reticulate ornamentation, and white mycelium occluding tube mouth in the initial developmental stage (Bashir et al. 2023). [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 149 Botryobasidium   Botryobasidium Donk   Citation if using this entry: Bera et al. (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Basidiomycota 1. Mycosphere. Index Fungorum, MycoBank, Facesoffungi, GenBank, Fig. 1 Botryobasidiaceae, Cantharellales, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi Botryobasidium is a saprobic genus having resupinate basidiomata exhibiting various surface textures ranging from smooth, to arachnoid, hypochnoid, pellicular, or grandinioid (Bernicchia et al. 2010). The characteristic short, cylindrical to suburniform, 2–8 sterigmatic basidia are usually arranged in "botryose" clusters and hence the name Botryobasidium (Langer et al. 2000). This kind of arrangement of the basidia makes the hymenial surface granular (Langer et al. 2000). The basidiospores are thick- to thin-walled, limoniform or narrow to broad-navicular or can be globose to ellipsoidal or cylindrical (Langer et al. 2000). The diverse ornamentation of the basidiospores ranges from smooth to verruculose or aculeate, [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 183, Brachiampulla   Brachiampulla Réblová & Hern. -Restr. Citation when using this entry: Li et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia.  Xylariomycetidae.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Xyladictyochaetaceae, Xylariales, Xylariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi  Brachiampulla was established by Réblová et al. (2021) with B. verticillata as the type species based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses of combined ITS, LSU, SSU, tef1-α, and rpb2 sequence data. The type species was isolated as a Saprobe on fallen leaves of Nothofagus fusca (Nothofagaceae) from the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand. Brachiampulla is a monotypic genus and characterized by macronematous, mononematous, erect, setiform, unbranched, pigmented conidiophores; indeterminate polyphialidic, discrete, lateral, integrated conidiogenous cells; hyaline, aseptate, lunate, hyaline conidia aggregated in slimy heads (Réblová et al. 2021). Only one species is listed in Index Fungorum (2023).  [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 157, Brachysporisporites (Fossil Fungi)   Brachysporisporites R.T. Lange & P.H. Sm. 1971 Citation when using this data: Saxena RK & Hyde KD. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Fossil Fungi.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Phragmosporae, Fossil Fungi.   Lange & Smith (1971) instituted Brachysporisporites from the Early-Middle Eocene (56–38 mya) sediments from Maslin Bay, South Australia with the following diagnosis: “Obovate, turbinate or pyriform, phaeophragmospores of several cells, the cells much broader than long in a sharply graded series of diminishing size from a large domed apical cell to a small hyaline attachment cell, with extremely dark thick bands of septa, similarly graded towards the attachment cell. Ediger (1981) has revised and improved the description of Brachysporisporites as given below: Fungal spores of three or more cells and two or more septa, symmetrical along the long [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 294, Brevistachys    Brevistachys L. Lombard & Crous  Citation when using this entry: Perera et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, genera described in 2016.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Stachybotryaceae, Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi             Lombard et al. (2016) established Brevistachys to accommodate stachybotrys-like taxa that has distinctly short conidiophores and conidiogenous cells occur on conidiophores or directly from vegetative hyphae. The phylogenetic analysis of combined cmdA, ITS, rpb2, tef1 and tub2 loci also supported the placement of Brevistachys apart from Stachybotrys s. str. (Lombard et al. 2016). The species of this genus are associated with various plants (Lombard et al. 2016). Brevistachys is characterized by macronematous mononematous,conidiophores that occur solitary or in groups. They are hyaline or subhyaline, short, erect, [...]