The genus Cladosporium and similar dematiaceous ... - CBS - KNAW
The genus Cladosporium and similar dematiaceous ... - CBS - KNAW
The genus Cladosporium and similar dematiaceous ... - CBS - KNAW
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<strong>Cladosporium</strong> herbarum species complex<br />
Fig. 30. <strong>Cladosporium</strong> pseudiridis (<strong>CBS</strong> 116463). A–C. Conidiophores <strong>and</strong> conidia. D. Part of a conidiogenous cell showing a protuberant cladosporioid conidiogenous locus.<br />
E–F. Conidia. Scale bars = 10 µm.<br />
convex to raised, deep into the agar, with age few large prominent<br />
exudates formed, sparingly sporulating. Colonies on MEA attaining<br />
7 mm diam after 14 d at 25 ºC, olivaceous-grey, pale olivaceousgrey<br />
to pale rosy-buff due to abundant aerial mycelium covering<br />
almost the whole colony, iron-grey reverse, margin colourless or<br />
white, broad, regular, more or less glabrous, aerial mycelium fluffy,<br />
dense, high, growth convex to umbonate, sometimes with elevated<br />
colony centre, prominent exudates lacking, sporulation sparse.<br />
Colonies on OA attaining 8 mm diam after 14 d at 25 ºC, white, pale<br />
buff to pale olivaceous-grey in the centre, margin grey-olivaceous,<br />
olivaceous- to iron-grey reverse, margin entire edge or somewhat<br />
undulate, somewhat feathery, growth raised with a somewhat<br />
depressed centre forming an elevated outer rim, without prominent<br />
exudates, sporulation more abundant.<br />
Specimen examined: New Zeal<strong>and</strong>, Auckl<strong>and</strong>, Mt. Albert, Carrington Road, Unitec<br />
Campus, isolated from large leaf lesions on Iris sp. (Iridaceae), 15 Aug. 2004, C.F.<br />
Hill, <strong>CBS</strong>-H 19861, holotype, culture ex-type <strong>CBS</strong> 116463 = LYN 1065 = ICMP<br />
15579.<br />
Substrate <strong>and</strong> distribution: On living leaves of Iris sp.; New<br />
Zeal<strong>and</strong>.<br />
Notes: <strong>Cladosporium</strong> pseudiridis closely resembles C. iridis, a<br />
common <strong>and</strong> widespread species causing leaf spots on numerous<br />
Iris spp. <strong>and</strong> a few additional hosts of the host family Iridaceae,<br />
but the latter species is easily distinguishable by having longer<br />
<strong>and</strong> narrower, more frequently septate conidia, (18–)30–75(–87) ×<br />
(7–)10–16(–18) µm, (0–)2–6(–7)-septate.<br />
www.studiesinmycology.org<br />
It is unlikely that C. pseudiridis is of New Zeal<strong>and</strong> origin since<br />
the <strong>genus</strong> Iris is not indigenous to New Zeal<strong>and</strong>. All Iris species<br />
that are found in this country have been introduced, mainly for<br />
horticultural purposes. <strong>The</strong> species is, therefore, probably more<br />
common than indicated above. However, within the course of the<br />
recent monographic studies in the <strong>genus</strong> <strong>Cladosporium</strong> numerous<br />
herbarium specimens, mainly of European origin, have been<br />
examined <strong>and</strong> proved to be correctly identified agreeing with the<br />
species concept of C. iridis. Additional collections <strong>and</strong> cultures are<br />
necessary to determine its distribution.<br />
<strong>Cladosporium</strong> ramotenellum K. Schub., Zalar, Crous & U. Braun,<br />
sp. nov. MycoBank MB504577. Figs 31–33.<br />
Etymology: Refers to the morphological <strong>similar</strong>ity with <strong>Cladosporium</strong><br />
tenellum.<br />
Differt a Cladosporio cladosporioide conidiophoris et conidiis leniter angustioribus,<br />
2–4(–5) µm latis, conidiis 0–2(–3)-septatis, semper verruculosis; et a Cladosporio<br />
tenello locis conidiogenis non numerosis et non aggregatos ad apicem, conidiis<br />
longioribus et angustioribus, 2.5–35 × 2–4(–5) µm, 0–3-septatis.<br />
Mycelium unbranched or only sparingly branched, 1.5–4 µm wide,<br />
septate, without swellings <strong>and</strong> constrictions, hyaline or subhyaline,<br />
smooth, sometimes irregularly rough-walled, walls unthickened.<br />
Conidiophores solitary, macronematous <strong>and</strong> micronematous,<br />
arising as lateral branches of plagiotropous hyphae or terminally<br />
from ascending hyphae, erect, straight or slightly flexuous,<br />
cylindrical, neither geniculate nor nodulose, without head-like<br />
swollen apices or intercalary swellings, unbranched, sometimes<br />
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