Magnaporthaceae

Budhanggurabania

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Budhanggurabania cynodonticola P. Wong, Khemmuk & R.G. Shivas, Persoonia 34: 241. 2015. (Type species).

MycoBank: MB 811697.

Ascomata perithecial, superficial, solitary, ampulliform, periphysate, dark brown to black, 300–400 × 200–350 µm, with a short neck, 75–100 × 70–80 µm. Asci 8-spored, obovoid to saccate, ascus wall deliquescent at maturity within ascomata releasing ascospores that extrude from ostiole, 50–75 × 25–35 µm. Ascospores multi-seriate, ellipsoidal with rounded ends, 3-septate, slightly constricted at each septum unequally colored, 25–38 × 10–15 µm; central cells brown, with 4–6 oblique striations in lateral view; apical cells 3–6 µm long, subhyaline to light brown, smooth. On QPDA and PDA, hyphae septate, branched, smooth, 1–3 µm diam. Conidiophores single or branched, hyaline. Conidiogenous cells phialidic, straight to slightly curved, hyaline, 5–29 × 1.5–3 µm. Conidia aggregated in slimy heads, cylindrical or slightly curved, apex rounded, base acute, aseptate, hyaline, smooth, 5.5–9(–12) × 1.5–2 µm (Description from Crous et al., 2015).

Typification: Holotype BRIP59305. Ex-holotype culture BRIP59305.

Gene sequences: KP162130 (18S), KP162134 (ITS), KP162140 (28S), KP162131 (MCM7), KP162143 (RPB1), KP162138 (TEF1).

Hosts/substrates: On rotted roots and stolons of Cynodon dactylon (Poaceae).

Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland).

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Aquafiliformis

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Aquafiliformis lignicola Z.L. Luo, K.D. Hyde & H.Y. Su, Fungal Diversity 99: 47. 2019.
MycoBank: MB 555647.

Ascomata solitary, immersed, globose to subglobose, dark brown to black, 275–335 × 300–356 µm, with neck erumpent through host surface. Perithecial walls composed of an inner layer of flattened hyaline cells and an outer layer of irregular, heavily pigmented, thick-walled, light brown to dark brown cells of textura angularis, 24–34 µm thick. Paraphyses hyaline, septate, unbranched, 4.5–7.5 µm wide. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical to clavate, hyaline, 76–86 × 8–12 µm. Ascospores filiform, guttulate, aseptate, hyaline, smooth, 57–69 × 2.5–3.5 µm. Asexual state unknown (Description from Luo et al., 2019).

Typification: Holotype MFLU18-2325. Ex-holotype culture MFLUCC16-1341.

Gene sequences: MK835815 (28S), MK828615 (ITS), MN156511 (RPB2), MN194068 (TEF1).

Host/substrate: On submerged wood.

Distribution: China (Yunnan).

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Bifusisporella

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Bifusisporella sorghi R.M.F. Silva, R.J.V. Oliveira, J.D.P. Bezerra, Souza-Motta & G.A. Silva, Mycol. Progress 18: 852. 2019. (Type species).

On MEA, hyphae hyaline when young, light brown with age, occasionally producing structures similar to trapping loops, 2–3 μm diam. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells solitary or aggregate, curved, elongated, cylindrical or clavate, slightly curved at apex, light brown, 9.5–14.5 × 3–4 μm. Conidia dimorphic. Macroconidia curved, falcate, aseptate, guttulate, tapering to pointed ends, hyaline, smooth, 23–30 × 3–4 μm. Microconidia falcate, straight to slightly curved, hyaline, smooth, aseptate, produced either from a conidiogenous cell or directly from hyphae, 10–11.5 × 1–2 μm. Chlamydospores rarely observed, globose to subglobose, intercalary, terminal, single, light brown. Hyphopodia elongated, multi-lobulate, brown, smooth, 18–20 × 7.5–10 μm. Sexual state unknown (Description from Silva et al., 2019).

Typification: Holotype URM91354. Ex-holotype culture URM7442.

Gene sequences: MK060153 (28S), MK060155 (ITS), MK060157 (TEF1).

Host/substrate: On leaves of Sorghum bicolor (Poaceae).

Distribution: Brazil (Pernambuco).

Slopeiomyces

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Slopeiomyces cylindrosporus (D. Hornby, Slope, Gutter. & Sivan.) Klaubauf, Lebrun & Crous, Stud. Mycol. 79: 103. 2014. (Type species).

Ascomata perithecial, superficial, globose, black, solitary to gregarious, 290–565 μm diam with a cylindrical, black neck, up to 242 μm long, 48–116 μm wide at base. Ascomatal wall up to 54 μm thick. Paraphyses unbranched, septate, hyaline. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, clavate, straight to curved, 65–135 × 9–16 μm, with a refractive apical ring. Ascospores cylindrical, fusoid, to sigmoid, 3–8-septate, slightly curved, hyaline, 37–69 × 3.2–5.6 μm. Asexual state phialophora-like. Conidiogenous cells phialidic, subcylindrical to ampulliform, straight or curved, 6.3–19.6 × 2.4–4.2 μm, hyaline, with a flared collarette. Conidia ellipsoidal, fusiform, cylindrical to lunate, straight to curved, aseptate, hyaline, 2.9–6.3 × 0.7–2 μm (Description from Hornby et al., 1977).

Typification: Holotype IMI192606. Ex-holotype cultures CBS609.75, CBS610.75, CBS611.75.

Gene sequences: NG061048 (18S), JX134667 (ITS), NG057751 (28S), JX134707 (MCM7), JX134721 (RPB1), JX134693 (TEF1).

Genome sequences: SRX798639 (transcriptome).

Hosts/substrates: From roots of Poaceae.

Distribution: UK, USA.

Pseudotracylla

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Pseudotracylla dentata B. Sutton & Hodges, Nova Hedwigia 27(3-4): 699. 1976. (Type species).

Conidiomata pycnothyrial, superficial, solitary to gregarious, circular, dark brown, composed of upper and lower walls connected by a central columella; upper wall composed of one layer of conidiogenous cells; lower wall membranous, dark brown. Conidiogenous cells phialidic, smooth, 4.5–8.5 × 3–4 μm, restricted to upper wall and facing down towards lower wall, with a minute collarette. Conidia fusiform to falcate, aseptate, hyaline, smooth, 9.5–12 × 3–4 μm. Sexual state unknown (Description from Sutton and Hodges Jr, 1976).

Typification: Holotype IMI196483K.

Gene sequences: Unknown.

Hosts/substrates: On leaves of Eucalyptus citriodora (Myrtaceae).

Distribution: Brazil.

Pseudotracylla falcata Carris, Mycologia 84(4): 534. 1992.

Conidiomata pycnothyrial, superficial, solitary to gregarious, circular, dark brown, 50–100 µm, composed of upper and lower walls connected by a central columella; upper wall composed of one layer of conidiogenous cells; lower wall membranous, dark brown; columella cylindrical, aseptate, dark brown, 22–26.4 × 4.4–8.8 μm. Conidiogenous cells phialidic, subglobose to cylindrical, yellowish to brown, smooth, 4–10 × 3.5–8 μm. Conidia falcate, aseptate, hyaline, smooth, 16–18 × 1.8–2.6 μm. Sexual state unknown (Description from Carris, 1992).

Typification: Holotype WSP69554. Isotype IMI352168.

Gene sequences: Unknown.

Hosts/substrates: On dead leaves and rotting fruit of Vaccinium macrocarpon (Ericaceae).

Distribution: USA.

Pyriculariopsis

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Pyriculariopsis parasitica (Sacc. & Berl.) M.B. Ellis, Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes: 207. 1971. (Type species).
MycoBank: MB 322173.
≡ Helminthosporium parasiticum Sacc. & Berl., Revue mycologique, Toulouse 11(no. 44): 204. 1889.
= Pyricularia musae S. Hughes, Canadian Journal of Botany 36 (6): 800. 1958.

On CMA with sterile rice seeds, hyphae branched, septate, hyaline to brown, smooth, 2–4.5 μm diam. Conidiophores solitary, erect, unbranched, subcylindrical, straight or curved, medium brown, thick-walled, smooth, 5–10-septate, 95–200 × 8–13.5 μm. Conidiogenous cells integrated, terminal, medium brown, smooth, 30–45 × 5–7.5 μm, forming a rachis with several protruding denticles, 2–3.5 × 2–4.5 μm, and a minute marginal frill. Conidia solitary, obclavate, guttulate, 3-septate, smooth, unequally colored, with brown median cells, olivaceous to subhyaline apical and basal cell, 45–65 × 8–10.5 μm; hilum truncate, slightly protruding, with marginal frill, unthickened, not darkened, 2–3 μm diam; apex tapering, subacutely rounded, with a mucoid cap, 3–5 μm diam. Sexual state unknown.

Colonies on PDA 9 cm diam after 7 days at 25 °C in dark; surface flat, transparent with dark mouse-grey areas; reverse with dark spots. Colonies on MEA 5 cm diam after 7 days at 25 °C in dark; aerial mycelium, white, mouse-grey in center, raised, cottony, round; reverse dark mouse-grey in center. Colonies on CMA and OA 9 cm diam after 7 days at 25 °C in dark; surface transparent, with thin, spreading mycelium with scattered dark spots of sporulation (Colony description from Klaubauf et al., 2014).

Typification: Unknown.

Gene sequences: DQ341514 (28S).

Specimens examined: China, Hong Kong, Discovery Bay, Lantao Island, on leaves of Musa, 5 Oct. 1999, K.D. Hyde, HKUCC5562 (Maew HK1, CBS114793).

Hosts/substrates: On leaves of Musa (Musaceae).

Distribution: China.

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Omnidemptus

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Omnidemptus affinis P.F. Cannon & Alcorn, Mycotaxon 51: 483. 1994. (Type species).

Ascomata perithecial, solitary to gregarious, immersed, globose to subglobose, black, 145–205 μm diam, with a cylindrical, long neck, 100–250 μm long, 80–110 μm at base, 40–60 μm at apex. Paraphyses hyaline, septate, 3–6 μm wide. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical to clavate, 54–68 × 10–13 μm, with an apical ring, 2–3 × 4 μm. Ascospores biseriate, fusiform, curved, 1- or 3-septate, hyaline, smooth, 24.5–33 × 4–5.5 μm. In culture, hyphae septate, hyaline to light brown, smooth, 2–5.5 μm diam. Conidiomata irregularly shaped, dark brown to black, 50–160 μm diam. Conidiogenous cells ampulliform, cylindrical to ellipsoid, dark brown, 11–22 × 6–10 μm, with a cylindrical to flared collarette, 3–4 μm diam. Conidia falcate, 1–2-septate, hyaline, smooth, 21–30 × 3–4 μm. Hyphopodia lobed, olivaceous brown, smooth, 7.5–14 × 5–8.5(–11) μm (Description from Cannon and Alcorn, 1994).

Typification: Holotype BRIP17195. Isotype IMI353435. Ex-holotype culture BRIP17195 (CBS141031, ATCC 200212).

Gene sequences: JX134660 (18S), JX134674 (ITS), JX134686 (28S), JX134714 (MCM7), JX134728 (RPB1), JX134700 (TEF1).

Genome sequences: SRX798629 (transcriptome).

Hosts/substrates: From leaf spots of Panicum effusum (Poaceae).

Distribution: Australia, Spain.

Omnidemptus graminis Hern.-Restr., Gene & Guarro, Persoonia 42: 223. 2019.

Hyphae septate, hyaline to light brown, smooth, 1–3 μm diam. Conidiomata absent or sporodochium-like, irregularly shaped, diffuse, punctiform, dark brown to black. Conidiogenous cells ampulliform to subglobose, brown, smooth, 10–14 μm diam, with a cylindrical collarette, 1 × 3 μm. Conidia falcate, (0–)1-septate, hyaline, smooth, 11–23 × 3–4 μm. Hyphopodia lobed, brown, smooth, 10–15 × 7.5–10 μm, with 1–2 germ pores, 1–3 μm diam. Asexual state unknown.

Colonies on MEA 1.8–2 cm diam after 7 days at 25 °C; surface elevated, cottony, vinaceous buff; margin uneven; reverse black in center, white at periphery. Colonies on OA 3–4 cm diam after 7 days at 25 °C; surface zonate, center cottony, pale mouse grey, periphery glabrous, mouse grey; margin diffuse; reverse mouse grey (Description from Hernandez-Restrepo et al., 2019).

Typification: Holotype CBSH-21887. Ex-holotype culture CBS138107 (FMR12415).

Gene sequences: MK487758 (ITS), MK487734 (28S), MK495980 (TEF1).

Hosts/substrates: On leaves of grasses.

Distribution: Spain.

Omnidemptus lunatus (B. Sutton & Alcorn) Hern.-Restr., J.D.P. Bezerra & Crous, Persoonia 42: 223. 2019.

Conidiomata sporodochium, irregularly shaped, diffuse, light to medium brown. Conidiogenous cells ampulliform, doliiform to lageniform, light brown, smooth, 10.5 –13 × 6.5–11 μm, with a cylindrical collarette, 3–4.5 μm diam. Conidia falcate, 1-septate, hyaline, smooth, 24.5–32 × 3.5–4.5 μm (Description from Sutton and Alcorn, 1985).

Typification: Holotype IMI271703. Ex-holotype culture IMI271703 (BRIP13852).

Gene sequences: Unknown.

Hosts/substrates: On leaves of Carpobrotus glaucescens (Aizoaceae).

Distribution: Australia.

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Neogaeumannomyces

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Neogaeumannomyces bambusicola D.Q. Dai & K.D. Hyde,Fungal Diversity 72: 35. 2015. (Type species).
MycoBank: MB 550937.

Ascomata perithecial, solitary to gregarious, immersed, globose to subglobose, black, 500–850 × 350–500 μm, with a cylindrical neck, 50–80 μm long. Ascomatal wall consisting of two layers, 50–70 μm thick. Paraphyses hyaline, septate. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical, 105–110 × 10–20 μm, with a short furcate pedicel and an apical ring. Ascospores filiform, curved, 2–3-septate, guttulate, hyaline, smooth, 85–105 × 4–5.5 μm. Asexual state unknown.

Colonies on PDA 4.5 cm diam after 14 days at 28 °C; surface velvety to hairy, drift white; aerial mycelium hyaline; margin effuse, uneven; reverse dark brown (Description from Liu et al., 2015).

Typification: Holotype MFLU14-0822. Ex-holotype culture MFLUCC11-0390.

Gene sequences: KP753956 (18S), KP744449 (ITS), KP744492 (28S).

Hosts/substrates: On dead culm of Bambuseae (Poaceae).

Distribution: Thailand.

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Key to the species of Nakataea

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1. Conidia with appendages ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2
1′. Conidia without appendages ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4

2. Conidia with a simple, short appendage at both ends ……………………………………………………………………….…..3
2′. Conidia 4-septate, with a long, coiled appendage at the apex …………….…..……….…………….. Nakataea serpens

3. Conidia 3-septate, 25–35 × 6.5–9.5 μm ………………………………………………………………..……… Nakataea setulosa
3′. Conidia 5-septate, 30–40 × 7–8.5 μm ……………………………………………………………………… Nakataea multiseptata

4. Conidia averaging < 30 µm long ……………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 5
4′. Conidia 3-septate, 55–75 × 12–17.5 µm ……………………………………………………. Nakataea oryzae (Type species)

5. Conidia 3-septate, 18–26 × 8–9.5 μm …………………………………………………………….…….. Nakataea curvularioides
5′. Conidia 3–4-septate 19–25 × 3–5 μm ………………………………………………………………………….. Nakataea rarissima