Pleosporales - CBS - KNAW
Pleosporales - CBS - KNAW
Pleosporales - CBS - KNAW
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Fungal Diversity<br />
Paraphaeosphaeria O.E. Erikss., Ark. Bot., Ser. 2 6: 405<br />
(1967).<br />
Type species: Paraphaeosphaeria michotii (Westend.) O.E.<br />
Erikss., Cryptogams of the Himalayas 6: 405 (1967).<br />
≡ Sphaeria michotii Westend., Bull. Acad. R. Sci. Belg.,<br />
Cl. Sci., sér. 2 7: 87 (1859).<br />
Paraphaeosphaeria was separated from Leptosphaeria<br />
(Eriksson 1967a), and it is also quite comparable with<br />
Phaeosphaeria. Paraphaeosphaeria can be distinguished<br />
from Phaeosphaeria by its ascospores. Ascospores of Paraphaeosphaeria<br />
michotii have two septa, and they are biseriate,<br />
straight, subcylindrical with broadly rounded ends, rather dark<br />
brown and punctate. The primary septum is laid down closer<br />
to the distal end than to the proximal, and the larger, proximal<br />
hemispore is divided by one transversal septum. There are<br />
more septa in the proximal hemispore of other species such as<br />
Par. castagnei (Durieu & Mont.) O.E. Erikss., Par. obtusispora<br />
(Speg.) O.E. Erikss. and Par. vectis (Berk. & Broome)<br />
Hedjar. Anamorphic characters can also distinguish Paraphaeosphaeria<br />
and Phaeosphaeria. Paraphaeosphaeria has<br />
Paraconiothyrium or Coniothyrium-related anamorphs, but<br />
Phaeosphaeria has Hendersonia-Phaeoseptoria anamorphs<br />
(Eriksson 1967a). Shoemaker and Babcock (1985) redescribed<br />
some Canadian and extralimital species, and excluded<br />
Par. longispora (Wegelin) Crivelli and Par. oblongata<br />
(Niessl) Crivelli from Paraphaeosphaeria based on their<br />
longitudinal septa as well as beak-like papilla and wall<br />
structures. Molecular phylogenetic results based on multigenes<br />
indicated that Paraphaeosphaeria should belong to<br />
Montagnulaceae (Zhang et al. 2009a; Plate 1).<br />
Passeriniella Berl., Icon. fung. (Abellini) 1: 51 (1890).<br />
Type species: Passeriniella dichroa (Pass.) Berl., Icon.<br />
fung. (Abellini) 1: 51 (1890).<br />
≡ Leptosphaeria dichroa Pass.<br />
Passeriniella was introduced by Berlese in 1890 based on<br />
the black, ostiolate and papillate ascomata, 8-spored asci, as<br />
well as transverse septate ascospores, with pigmented central<br />
cells and hyaline terminal cells. Two species were included, i.<br />
e. P. dichroa and P. incarcerata (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Berl.<br />
(Berlese 1890). Subsequently, more species were introduced<br />
including some marine taxa such as P. mangrovei G.L. Maria<br />
&K.R.Sridhar,P. obiones (P. Crouan & H. Crouan) K.D.<br />
Hyde & Mouzouras and P. savoryellopsis K.D. Hyde &<br />
Mouzouras (Hyde and Mouzouras 1988; Maria and Sridhar<br />
2002). Currently, eight species are included (http://www.<br />
mycobank.org, Jan. 2011). Both P. dichroa and P. incarcerata<br />
were considered as synonyms of Leptosphaeria obiones<br />
(P. Crouan & H. Crouan) Sacc. (Kohlmeyer and Kohlmeyer<br />
1979). The familial placement of the marine species P.<br />
savoryellopsis could not be resolved in a DNA based<br />
phylogeny but it did suggest a close relationship to<br />
Acrocordiopsis patilii (Suetrong et al. 2009) in<strong>Pleosporales</strong>.<br />
Peridiothelia D. Hawksw., Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., Bot.<br />
14: 120 (1985).<br />
Type species: Peridiothelia fuliguncta (Norman) D.<br />
Hawksw., Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., Bot. 14: 121 (1985).<br />
≡ Microthelia fuliguncta Norman, Öfvers. kongl.<br />
Svensk. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl., Stockholm 41(no. 8):<br />
36 (1884).<br />
When dealing with the names under Microthelia, Peridiothelia<br />
was introduced to accommodate species having nonclypeate<br />
peridium which composed cells of textura globulosa<br />
but sometimes angularis, “dark reddish brown except<br />
below the generative locule where the wall is poorly<br />
developed or almost absent at maturity, colour not changed<br />
significantly in potassium hydroxide, centrum turning blue in<br />
iodine” (Hawksworth 1985a). Three species were included, i.<br />
e. P. grandiuscula (Anzi) D. Hawksw., P. fuliguncta and P.<br />
oleae (Körb.) D. Hawksw., and Peridiothelia was referred to<br />
Phaeosphaeriaceae (Hawksworth 1985a, b). However, its<br />
familial placement is not confirmed yet.<br />
Phaeodothis Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 2: 166 (1904).<br />
Type species: Phaeodothis tricuspidis Syd. & P. Syd.,<br />
Annls mycol. 2: 166 (1904).<br />
Phaeodothis is characterized by its 1-septate euseptate<br />
ascospores with a sparse hamathecium consisting of thin<br />
pseudoparaphyses and immersed to superficial ascomata<br />
(Aptroot 1995).Thegenushadbeenpreviouslyassignedto<br />
Didymosphaeria, butAptroot(1995) consideredittobeclosely<br />
related to Phaeosphaeriaceae. A strain named Phaeodothis<br />
winteri (a synonym of P. tricuspidis Syd. & P. Syd.) nested<br />
within the clade of Montagnulaceae (Schoch et al. 2009).<br />
Platychora Petr., Annls mycol. 23: 102 (1925).<br />
Type species: Platychora ulmi (Schleich.) Petr., Annls<br />
mycol. 23(1/2): 103 (1925).<br />
Platychora is characterized by immersed to erumpent crustlike<br />
ascostroma with globose locules scattered inside (Barr<br />
1968). Asci are oblong to saccate or nearly cylindrical and<br />
bitunicate, and ascospores are hyaline 1-septate apiosporous<br />
and turn olivaceous when old. Platychora hadbeenpreviously<br />
assigned to Venturiaceae by Barr (1968), but molecular<br />
phylogenetic analysis indicated that a strain named Platychora<br />
ulmi (the generic type of Platychora) belongs to Didymellaceae<br />
(Winton et al. 2007; Plate 1). The generic type needs<br />
recollecting and epitypifying to stabilize the generic name.<br />
Platystomum Trevis., Bull. Soc. R. Bot. Belg. 16: 16 (1877).<br />
Type species: Platystomum compressum (Pers.) Trevis.,<br />
Bull. Soc. R. Bot. Belg. 16: 16 (1877).<br />
≡ Sphaeria compressa Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen)<br />
1: 56 (1801).<br />
Platystomum was introduced by Trevisan in 1877, and<br />
has been considered a synonym of Lophidium, as the