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Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Diversity 75 66 (2015)
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde 2015
Nomenclature
J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde
Berk. & M.A. Curtis
(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde
2015
66
ICN
species
Pseudopithomyces chartarum
Classification
Synonyms
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Descriptions
On base of dead herbaceous stem, Auckland Prov. Auckland, 5.VI.1963, DAOM 158337.
References: Dingley ( 1962). Ellis (op. cit.)
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde 2015
Original descriptions from type material are provided by Berkeley (1874) and Ellis (1960). Ariyawansa et al. (2015) provided a brief description with the combination into Pseudopithomyces. In this work our colonies (Fig. 8), conidiophore and conidial sizes (–16.4) 22.5–25.8 (–35.1) × (–10.4) 12.4–14.7 (–18) μm, av. 24.4 × 13.6 μm, n = 177 (Figs 6, 12) concur with that of Ellis (18–29 × 10–17) and Ariyawansa (21.5–30.5 × 10–16.5 μm) and are therefore not described here. Other descriptions such as da Cunha et al. (2014) should be treated with caution as their circumscription also included Pse. palmicola (ICMP 24527 = MUCL 9393).
Originally described from the United States, we also record this species from New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, and France (Table S1). Additional geographic distribution countries inferred from GenBank sequence homology are India (MG569510), China (KY977441), France (OW984896, OW988122), Spain (KP899434), Czech Republic (GU566269), and the Netherlands (MH860227). The substrate association seems to be very broad including as a saprobe on various dead plants, dust, and clinical samples.
The type specimen was collected sometime before 1874 from decayed paper in North Carolina, USA. There are no living cultures or DNA sequences from this specimen to fix the typification of this species in a modern context. Ariyawansa et al. (2015), in description of Pseudopithomyces and its type species Pse. chartarum, used the reference culture MUCL 15095 (= ICMP 24528) from bakery dust in Belgium. We accept this circumscription of the species. In their work Ariyawansa et al. (2015) did not select an epitype culture for Pse. chartarum, however an epitype should be selected in the future. Ideally epitypes should come from the same locality and host as the type, but in this case, with the substate being decayed paper, it may be more important for taxonomic stability to fix a well characterised modern culture as the epitype regardless of origin. In the description of Sporidesmium chartarum the authors mention the name “Macrosporium chartarum M.A. Curtis” as a synonym (Fig. 7), this appears to be an unpublished name and different to Macrosporium chartarum (Peck 1873).
Taxonomic concepts
Piricauda chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) R.T. Moore
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde 2015
Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis 1960
Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis (1960)
Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde 2015
Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis
Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis 1960
Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis (1960)
Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis (1960)
Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis (1960)
Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis (1960)
Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis (1960)
Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis
Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde 2015
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde 2015
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde 2015
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde 2015
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde 2015
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde 2015
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde 2015
Sporidesmium bakeri Syd. & P. Syd.
Sporidesmium bakeri Syd. & P. Syd.
Sporidesmium chartarum Berk. & M.A. Curtis
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde 2015
Sporidesmium chartarum Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1874)
Sporidesmium chartarum Berk. & M.A. Curtis
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde 2015
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Kaikoura
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3 March 2017
18 May 2025