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, S. agasmatica, found in North America. S. tetraspora (found in Pakistan) and S. nanostellata (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, 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)
Species

S. agasmatica
S. nanostellata
S. tetraspora

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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