Semidelitschia

Semidelitschia is a genus of coprophilous fungi in the family Delitschiaceae that contains three species.[1] Semidelitschia was circumscribed in 1969 by mycologists Roy Cain and Robena Luck-Allen to contain the type species, Semidelitschia agasmatica Cain & Luck-Allen, found in North America. Semidelitschia tetraspora J.H. Mirza & S.M. Khan (found in Pakistan) and Semidelitschia nanostellata A.E. Bell & Mahoney (from Australia) were added to the genus in 1979 and 2001, respectively.[2][3] The genus is characterized by species with one-celled, dark ascospores, which distinguishes it from the related genus Delitschia (Delitschiaceae), which have two-celled ascospores.[4]

Semidelitschia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Dothideomycetes
Order:
Pleosporales
Family:
Delitschiaceae
Genus:
Semidelitschia

Cain & Luck-Allen (1969)
Type species
Semidelitschia agasmatica
Cain & Luck-Allen (1969)

References
  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
  2. Mirza JH, Khan RS (1979). "Studies on coprophilous Ascomycetes of Pakistan III: Semidelitschia tetraspora sp. nov". Pakistan Journal of Botany. 11 (1): 99–101.
  3. Bell A, Mahoney DP (2001). "Semidelitschia nannostellata (Fungi: Dothideales: Sporormiaceae), a new species from Australia". Muelleria. 15 (3): 3–6.
  4. Cain RF, Luck-Allen ER (1969). "Semidelitschia, a new genus of the Sporormiaceae". Mycologia. 61 (3): 580–585. doi:10.2307/3757247. JSTOR 3757247.


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