Fungal Diversity Concluding remarks Splanchnonema pustulatum has unique ascospores formed in immersed ascomata with thin walls, indicating that Splanchnonema sensu stricto shouldbeconfinedtoafewsimilar species. The type needs recollecting, sequencing and epitypifying in order to establish the phylogenetic relationships of this genus and to study what may be important defining characters. Also see entry under Pleomassaria. Sporormia De Not., Micromyc. Ital. Novi 5: 10 (1845). (Sporormiaceae) Generic description Habitat terrestrial, saprobic (coprophilous). Ascomata small, solitary, scattered, immersed to erumpent, globose, subglobose, wall black; apex without obvious papilla, ostiolate. Peridium thin. Hamathecium of rare, broad, septate pseudoparaphyses. Asci 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate dehiscence not observed, short cylindrical, with a short, narrowed, furcate pedicel. Ascospores fasciculate, broadly filliform, reddish brown, multi-septate, easily separating into partspores, without visible germ-slits or pores. Fig. 90 Splanchnonema pustulatum (from L, No. 910.251–352, No. 910.251–371). a Appearnce of ascomata on the host surface beneath a slightly raised area with minute ostiolar opening. b Section of the partial peridium. Note the compressed cells. c Dehiscent ascus. d Cluster of three asci joined in hymenium and pseudoparaphyses. e, f Asymmetric ascospores. Note the conspicuous sheath. Scale bars: a= 1 mm, b–d=50 μm, e, f=20 μm
Fungal Diversity Anamorphs reported for genus: none. Literature: Ahmed and Asad 1968; Ahmed and Cain 1972; Kirschstein 1944; de Notaris 1849. Type species Sporormia fimetaria De Not., Micromyc. Ital. Novi 5: 10 (1845). (Fig. 91) Ascomata 100–150 μm diam., solitary, scattered, immersed to erumpent, globose, subglobose, wall black; apex without obvious papilla, ostiolate (Fig. 91a). Peridium thin (other characters unknown). Hamathecium of rare, 2–3 μm wide, septate pseudoparaphyses. Asci 70–100×13–18 μm (x ¼ 86:4 14:9mm, n=10), 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate dehiscence not observed, shortly cylindrical, with a short, narrowed, furcate pedicel up to 20 μm long, no apical apparatus could be observed (Fig. 91b, c and d). Ascospores 50– 58×4–5 μm (x ¼ 54:7 4:8mm, n =10), fasciculate, broadly filliform, reddish brown, with 16 cells, easily separating into partspores, central cells of the ascospores shorter than broad, rectangular in vertical section, round in transverse section, 4–5×2.5–3.5 μm, without visible germ-slits or pores, apical cells usually longer than broad, 5–6.5 μm long, also without apertures (sheath is reported (Ahmed and Cain 1972), but not observed in this study) (Fig. 91e). Anamorph: none reported. Material examined: 1832, (RO, type, as Hormospora fimetaria De Not.). Notes Morphology Sporormia was formally established by de Notaris (1849), and only one species was described, i.e. S. fimetaria, which subsequently was selected as the generic type. Sporormia sensu stricto was accepted by several workers, and only includes members with a fasciculate ascospore arrangement, parallel to the ascus, and the part cells of the ascospores lacking germ-slits (Ahmed and Asad 1968; Ahmed and Cain 1972; Kirschstein 1944). Species whose ascospores are not fasciculate and have partspores with germ-slits were assigned to Sporormiopsis by Kirschstein (1944) andtoSporormiella by Ahmed and Cain (1972). Phylogenetic study The generic status of Sporormia in <strong>Pleosporales</strong> was verified based on a phylogenetic analysis of ITS-nLSU rDNA, mtSSU rDNA and ß-tubulin sequences (Kruys and Wedin 2009). Sporormia clustered together with species of Westerdykella (including Eremodothis and Pycnidiophora), but lacks clear statistical support. Thus, the relationship of Sporormia with other genera of Sporormiaceae is unclear and not resolved yet. Concluding remarks Several coprophilous taxa (e.g. Chaetopreussia and Pleophragmia as well as Sporormiella nigropurpurea) in the <strong>Pleosporales</strong> were not included in the study by Kruys and Wedin (2009). Strains of these genera need to be collected and analyzed and their relationship with Sporormia established. Trematosphaeria Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 23–24: 161 (1870). (Trematosphaeriaceae) Generic description Habitat terrestrial or freshwater, saprobic. Ascomata subglobose, unilocular, erumpent to superficial, with papillate ostiole. Peridium thin, comprising several cell types. Hamathecium of dense, delicate, filliform, septate pseudoparaphyses. Asci bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindro-clavate, normally 8-spored. Ascospores ellipsoid-fusoid to biconic, septate, smooth to finely verruculose, brown. Anamorphs reported for genus: hyphopodia-like (Zhang et al. 2008a). Literature: von Arx and Müller 1975; Barr 1979a; Boise 1985; Clements and Shear 1931; Zhang et al. 2008a. Type species Trematosphaeria pertusa (Pers.) Fuckel, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk. 23–24: 161 (1870). (Fig. 92) ≡ Sphaeria pertusa Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 83 (1801). Ascomata 350–550 μm high×320–480 μm diam., solitary, scattered, or in groups, initially immersed, becoming erumpent, to semi-immersed, subglobose, black; apex with a short ostiole usually slightly conical and widely porate, to 100 μm high (Fig. 92a and b). Peridium 48– 55 μm wide laterally, to 80 μm at the apex, thinner at the base, 30–40 μm thick, coriaceous, 3-layered, comprising several cell types, one is of small heavily pigmented thickwalled cells of textura angularis, cells 4–8 μm diam., cell wall 1.5–3 μm thick in places with columns of textura prismatica orientated perpendicular to the ascomatal surface, apex cells smaller and walls thicker, forming thickwalled cells of textura pseudoparenchymata, and larger, paler cells of mixture of textura epidermoidea and textura angularis at the base (Fig. 92b, c and h). Hamathecium of dense, filamentous, 1.5–2.5 μm broad, septate pseudoparaphyses, embedded in mucilage, branching and anastomos-
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