Pseudoxylomyces terricola (Manohar. & P. Rama Rao) B.S. Weir & D. Lee 2025

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Name scientific

Pseudoxylomyces terricola (Manohar. & P. Rama Rao) B.S. Weir & D. Lee, Studies in Mycology 112 67 (2025)

Preferred name

Pseudoxylomyces terricola (Manohar. & P. Rama Rao) B.S. Weir & D. Lee 2025

Taxonomy reference

Weir, B.S.; Sidhu, J.S.; Brosnahan, C.L.; Lee, D.; Maclean, P.H.; Park, D.; Jauregui, R.; Johnson, R.D.; Petterson, M.E.; Williams, A.F.R.; Morse, N.R.; Sprosen, J.M.; Lim, Y.-W.; Bridgeman, B.J.; Walker, T.J.; Kumar, S.; Mace, W.J.; Prakash, S.; Liu, X.; Hume, D.E.; Couldrey, C.; Beever, R.E.; Voisey, C.R. 2025: Global diversity analysis of plant-associated Pseudopithomyces fungi reveals a new species producing the toxin associated with facial eczema in livestock: Pseudopithomyces toxicarius sp. nov. Studies in Mycology 112: 39-73.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Absent

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Combination authors

B.S. Weir & D. Lee

Original authors

Manohar. & P. Rama Rao

Authors

(Manohar. & P. Rama Rao) B.S. Weir & D. Lee

Publication place

Year published

2025

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ICN

Basionym

Stemphyliomma terricola Manohar. & P.Rama Rao 1972

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Pseudoxylomyces terricola

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Dothideomycetes

Order

Pleosporales

Genus

Pseudoxylomyces

Species

terricola

Synonyms

Descriptions

Ch. Manohara Chary; P. Ramarao 1972: STEMPHYLIOMMA TERRICOLA SP. NOV. FROM POND MUD. Current Science 41(9): 718-719.

Stemphyliomma terricola Manohar. & P.Rama Rao 1972

Typification

holotype IMI 161793; isotype OUF-32

Pseudoxylomyces terricola (Manohar. & P. Rama Rao) B.S. Weir & D. Lee 2025

Description

A description was given by Chary and Ramarao (1972) and Dong et al. (2020). Other material examined: Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Phrao District; [19.297°N, 99.212°E]. On submerged wood in a stream. 01 Sep. 2017, G.N. Wang, 4.14 (holotype of Pseudoxylomyces aquaticus HKAS 100937; ex-holotype culture KUMCC 17-0312).

Habitat

This species is only known from aquatic environments in India and Thailand. There are no additional sequences in GenBank to extend this range, although further sampling of aquatic environments globally may reveal a wider distribution.

Notes

Here we synonymise the species Pithomyces terricola and Pseudoxylomyces aquaticus and create a new combination for the earlier specific epithet based on the basionym Stemphyliomma terricola. The sequence of ITS for Pithomyces terricola (OR691859) is 100 % identical to that of Pseudoxylomyces aquaticus (NR_171972), and the spore morphologies (Chary & Ramarao 1972, Dong et al. 2020) are very similar.

Typification

India, Telangana, Vikarabad; [17.33°N, 77.9°E]. From pond mud (pH 7.7). 8 Aug. 1971, Ch. Manohara Chary and P. Ramarao, No. 6419. (holotype IMI 161793; isotype Osmania University OUF-32; ex-holotype culture ICMP 24668 = IMI 161793). GenBank: OR691859 (ITS); SRR27202293 (genome).