Tzeanania
Tzeanania is a monotypic genus of fungi established in 2018. It is the only genus in the family Tzeananiaceae and contains the single species Tzeanania taiwanensis. The species is a parasite which grows on fruiting bodies of the fungus Ophiocordyceps macroacicularis, which is itself a parasite of moth larvae. So far it is only known from one collection which was made in Taiwan.[1]
| Tzeanania | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Tzeananiaceae H.A. Ariyaw., A.J.L. Phillips & Chuang |
| Genus: | Tzeanania H.A. Ariyaw., A.J.L. Phillips & Chuang |
| Species: | T. taiwanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tzeanania taiwanensis H.A. Ariyaw., A.J.L. Phillips & Chuang (2018) | |
Within the order Pleosporales, it is quite like the common soil genus Phoma, which has asexual spores produced in similar conidia with a glassy appearance, and forming inside structures called pycnidia. However the results of DNA analysis were considered to justify the definition of a new family for this species.[1]
The genus was named for the Taiwanese mycologist Shean-Shong Tzean.[1]
References
- Ariyawansa HA, Phillips A, Chuang WY, Tsai I (2018). "Tzeananiaceae, a new pleosporalean family associated with Ophiocordyceps macroacicularis fruiting bodies in Taiwan". MycoKeys. 37: 1–17. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.37.27265.