Darksidea

Darksidea is a genus of fungi belonging to the ascomycetes, in the order Pleosporales. It was described in 2015 by D.G. Knapp, Kovács, J.Z. Groenew. & Crous. Like many other members of the ascomycetes, they are dark septate endophytes, who colonize epidermal, intra- and inter-cellular root tissue, nearly always found upon grass species in arid or semiarid climates.[1][2]

Darksidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Lentitheciaceae
Genus: Darksidea
D.G. Knapp, Kovács, J.Z. Groenew. & Crous (2015)
Type species
Darksidea alpha
D.G. Knapp, Kovács, J.Z. Groenew. & Crous (2015)
Species

Darksidea alpha
Darksidea beta
Darksidea delta
Darksidea epsilon
Darksidea gamma
Darksidea zeta

The name "Darksidea" is not only inspired by the unique coloration of its hyphae, but is also a reference to its membership within the dark septate endophytes, being "on the dark side" of this mysterious and confounding form-group of root-associated fungi.[2]

Species
  • Darksidea alpha
  • Darksidea beta
  • Darksidea delta
  • Darksidea epsilon
  • Darksidea gamma
  • Darksidea zeta

References
  1. Jumpponen, Ari; Trappe, James M. (1998). "Dark septate endophytes: a review of facultative biotrophic root-colonizing fungi". New Phytologist. 140 (2): 295–310. doi:10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00265.x. ISSN 0028-646X. PMID 33862835.
  2. Knapp, D.G.; Kovács, G.M.; Zajta, E.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Crous, P.W. (2015). "Dark septate endophytic pleosporalean genera from semiarid areas". Persoonia. 35: 87–100. doi:10.3767/003158515X687669.
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