Saprothyrium U. Braun, Crous & J.Z. Groenew., Fungal Systematics and Evolution 1:72 (2018)

MycoBank number: MB 824491; Index Fungorum number: IF 824491; Facesoffungi number: FoF 04905; 1 species with sequence data.

Type speciesSaprothyrium thailandense (Senan., Tangthir. & K.D. Hyde) U. Braun, Crous & J.Z. Groenew

Notes – Pycnothyria of Saprothyrium differ in having a scutellum with obtuse outer strands with globose to subglobose hyaline conidia, and is similar with Sphaerosporithyrium. However, it clusters in a phylogenetically distant clade to clades of Tubakia sensu stricto (Braun et al. 2018). Saprothyrium can be distinguished from all other species of Tubakia sensu stricto by hyaline, globose to subglobose conidia formed in pycnothyria (Braun et al. 2018). Saprothyrium thailandense is illustrated in this entry.

Figure 256 Saprothyrium thailandense (Material examined – Thailand, Chiang Rai, Doi Mae Salong, on dead leaf, 2 May 2012, K. Wisitrassameewong, NTCL059, MFLU 13–0260, holotype). a Herbarium specimen. b Conidiomata on the host surface. c Vertical section of pycnothyrium. d Top view of radiate scutellum and conidiogenous cells with developing conidia. e-g Conidia. Scale bars: c = 50 μm, d-g = 10 μm.

Species

  • Saprothyrium thailandense