Pseudopithomyces palmicola Jun F. Li, Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde 2015
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Biostatus
Uncertain
Uncertain
New Zealand
Political Region
Only a single isolate from NZ needs verification. a large study is in progress from 2022 which will discover more about Pseudopithomyces species in NZ [BSW, June 2022]
Nomenclature
Jun F. Li, Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde
Jun F. Li, Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde
2015
41
ICN
Pseudopithomyces palmicola Jun F. Li, Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde 2015
species
Pseudopithomyces palmicola
Classification
Associations
Descriptions
Saprobic on dead leaves of Pandanus amaryllifolius. Colonies effuse, dark brown to black. Mycelium mostly superficial or partly immersed on the substrate, composed of septate, branched, smooth, thin-walled, hyaline hyphae. Sexual morph Undetermined. Asexual morph Hyphomycetous. Conidiophores micro- to macronematous, mononematous, hyaline. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic, terminal, hyaline, cylindrical. Conidia 10–25 9 7–15 lm (x = 19 9 11 lm, n = 20), muriform with 2–3 transverse septa and 1–2 longitudinal septa, verruculose to echinulate, amygdaliform or ovoid, yellow to brown, often carrying part of broken conidiogenous cell at base. Culture characteristics: Conidia germinating on MEA within 12 h. Colonies on MEA, grey on the surface, with dense, circular, with entire edge, raised, dark brown in reverse, with smooth margin.
Taxonomic concepts
Pseudopithomyces palmicola Jun F. Li, Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde 2015
Pseudopithomyces palmicola Jun F. Li, Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde
Pseudopithomyces palmicola Jun F. Li, Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde 2015
Pseudopithomyces pandanicola Tibpromma & K.D. Hyde
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Notes
taxonomic status
A 2018 name was created as the original publication (2015) cited an incorrect identifier, however under Art. F.5.6 this is treated as a correctable error not preventing valid publication of the name, thus the later name has no noenclatural status.
typification
Holotype MFLU 15-1474
Etymology
The name palmicola, refers to the common host name and Latin cola meaning loving
Metadata
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Names_Fungi
27 November 2020
20 November 2024