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Fungal Diversity<br />

5–8 μm diam., individual cell wall to 1.5–2 μm thick, in<br />

places with columns of textura prismatica, and larger, paler<br />

cells of textura prismatica towards the interior and at the<br />

base (Fig. 58b). Hamathecium of dense, filamentous, 1–2<br />

(−2.5) μm broad, branching, rarely anastomosing, septate<br />

pseudoparaphyses. Asci 98–123×6.5–7.5(−9) μm<br />

(x ¼ 109 7:5mm, n=10), 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate,<br />

cylindrical to fusoid, with a short, furcate pedicel, to 25 μm<br />

long, with an ocular chamber (Fig. 58c, d, e, f and g).<br />

Ascospores 14–17.5(−19)×4.5–6.5 μm (x ¼ 15:8 5:2mm,<br />

n=10), obliquely uniseriate and partially overlapping, broadly<br />

fusoid to fusoid with broadly rounded ends, straight or slightly<br />

curved, smooth, olive-brown, 4-celled, slightly constricted at<br />

the septa, the second cell from the top slightly wider than the<br />

others, no sheath (Fig. 58h,i,j,kandl).<br />

Anamorph: Aposphaeria agminalis Sacc. or Phoma<br />

agminalis Sacc. (Sivanesan 1984).<br />

Colonies (of epitype) reaching 4 cm diam. after 20 days<br />

growth on PDA at 25°C, depressed to raised, cottony to woolly,<br />

with rhizoidal margin, grey, reverse darkened. Phoma-like<br />

anamorph has been reported by Chesters (1938) and<br />

Sivanesan (1984), but no anamorphic stage was observed<br />

in the cultures of IFRDCC 2044, <strong>CBS</strong> 109.77 and <strong>CBS</strong><br />

371.75 after culturing 3 months on PDA.<br />

Material examined:ondecayingwood(UPS,Scler.suec.<br />

n. 120, holotype,asSphaeria pulvis-pyrius Pers.); FRANCE,<br />

Ariège, Rimont, Saurine, on bark of Salix caprea, 10Apr.<br />

2008, Jacques Fournier (IFRD 2001, epitype).<br />

Notes<br />

Morphology<br />

Melanomma, the familial type of Melanommataceae, was<br />

formally established by Fuckel (1870, p 159) based on its small,<br />

carbonaceous ascomata, having: “sporen meist 2–3 mal septirt,<br />

selten ohne Scheidewand, braun oder wasscrhell.” (Chesters<br />

1938; Fuckel 1870). Saccardo (1878, p. 344) emended this<br />

genus as “Spores ovate or oblong, multi-septate, coloured.”<br />

Subsequently, Saccardo (1883, p. 98) extended the description<br />

of Melanomma as “Perithecia gregarious, seldom scattered,<br />

somewhat superficial, sphaerical, papillate or blunt, carbonaceous,<br />

smooth or somewhat hairy. Asci elongate, for the most<br />

part accompanied by paraphyses, 8-spored. Spores oblong or<br />

somewhat spindle-shaped, two to many septate, olive or dark<br />

brown. Species of Sphaeria belong here for the most part.”<br />

Melanomma pulvis-pyrius was erected as the lectotype<br />

species (Barr 1990a; Chesters1938). Barr (1990a) gavea<br />

detailed circumscription for Melanomma, under which<br />

Melanomma contains about 20 species (Kirk et al. 2001).<br />

Melanomma pulvis-pyrius is characterized by its gregarious,<br />

superficial ascomata with short papillate, cylindrical asci with a<br />

short pedicel and fusoid, olive-brown, 3-septate ascospores<br />

(Chesters 1938; Zhang et al. 2008a). One of the diagnostic<br />

characters of Melanommataceae is the trabeculate pseudoparaphyses,<br />

although no typical trabeculate pseudoparaphyses could<br />

be found in the neotype (Scler. suec. n. 120, UPS) and epitype<br />

(IFRD 2001) of M. pulvis-pyrius (Zhang et al. 2008a).<br />

Phylogenetic study<br />

Phylogenetic analysis based on five genes (LSU, SSU,<br />

RPB1, RPB2 andEF1) indicates that Melanomma pulvispyrius<br />

forms a robust clade with Byssosphaeria, Herpotrichia<br />

and Pleomassaria siparia (Pleomassariaceae) and<br />

likely represents a separate family (or families comprising<br />

Melanommataceae) (Zhang et al. 2008a; Mugambi and<br />

Huhndorf 2009b). A more recent phylogenetic analysis<br />

included a group of coelomycete species with stellate<br />

conidia, isolated from Fagales trees clustered in Melanommataceae<br />

(Tanaka et al. 2010; Plate 1).<br />

Concluding remarks<br />

The Melanomma concept based on ascospore morphology<br />

appears polyphyletic.<br />

Metameris Theiss. & Syd., Annls mycol. 13: 342 (1915).<br />

(Phaeosphaeriaceae)<br />

Generic description<br />

Habitat terrestrial, saprobic or parasitic. Ascostromata erumpent<br />

through the host surface in linear rows parallel to the host fibers.<br />

Ascomata small, globose to subglobose, black, coriaceous.<br />

Peridium composed of large lightly pigmented cells of textura<br />

angularis. Hamathecium of rare, broad pseudoparaphyses,<br />

septate, constricted at the septa. Asci bitunicate, fissitunicate,<br />

broadly cylindrical to slightly obclavate, with a short, thick,<br />

knob-like pedicel. Ascospores hyaline, 1- (rarely 2-) septate.<br />

Anamorphs reported for genus: none.<br />

Literature: von Arx and Müller 1975; Barr1972; Clements<br />

and Shear 1931; Eriksson 2006; Lumbsch and Huhndorf<br />

2007; TheissenandSydow1915.<br />

Type species<br />

Metameris japonica (Syd.) Syd., Annls mycol., 13(3–4):<br />

342 (1915). (Fig. 59)<br />

≡ Monographus japonicus Syd. Annls mycol. 10: 408<br />

(1912).<br />

Ascostromata erumpent through the host surface in linear<br />

rows parallel to the host fibers, 500–750 μm long and 140–<br />

200 μm wide, with three to ten ascomata arranged in a line<br />

(Fig. 59a). Ascomata 115–160 μm diam., semi-immersed in<br />

substrate to erumpent, globose, subglobose, black, coriaceous<br />

(Fig. 59b). Cells of ascostromata heavily pigmented and<br />

thick-walled, cells of peridium composed of large lightly<br />

pigmented cells of textura angularis, cells 5–15 μm diam.,

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