Genus

Allescheriella

Species

bathygena

Author

Kohlm., 1977. Rev. Mycol., 41: 199.

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Cantharellales

Family

Botryobasidiaceae

Synonymy:

Allescheriella Henn., Hedwigia 36: 244 (1897)

Type species:

Allescheriella uredinioides Henn., Hedwigia 36: 244 (1897)

Marine species:

Allescheriella bathygena Kohlm., 1977. Rev. Mycol., 41: 199.

Index Fungorum Number: 308468                         Faceoffungi Number: N/A

Saprobic on wood, Asexual morph: Hyphae: 2-5 µm in diam., septate, brown, immersed, forming sporodochia. Stroma: 40-50 µm high, 80-130 µm in diam., pulvinate, partly immersed, pseudoparenchymatous, composed of polygonal, thin-walled cells with large lumina, forming a textura angularis, producing conidia on the surface. Conidiogenous cells: 20-4 µm, monoblastic, terminal, determinate, cylindrical, straight, hyaline to light brown, arising from the upper cells of the stroma. Conidia: 17-24 x 6.5-9 µm, acrogenous, solitary, ellipsoidal, to fusiform with rounded ends, one-celled, thick-walled (especially at the apices), smooth, light-brown. Sexual morph: Undetermined.

Description based on Kohlmeyer (1977).

 

Key references:

Kohlmeyer J (1977). New genera and species of higher fungi from the deep sea (1615–5315 m). Revue de Mycologie. 41(2): 189–206.

Raghukumar C, Raghukumar S (1998). Barotolerance of fungi isolated from deep sea sediments of the Indian Ocean. Aquat. Microb. Ecology 15: 153–163.

Type & Location:
Other Specimens:
Substratum:
Saprobic on submerged wood in deep sea, On deep sea sediments.
Habitat:
Distribution:
Tongue of the Ocean, near Bahamas, India
Pertinent Literature:
Description based on Kohlmeyer (1977).
Comments:
NOTES: This is a rarely collected species and has only been recorded from deep wood recovered from deep waters in the Bahamas (Kohlmeyer 1977) and West Coast, Goa on deep sea sediments, in the Arabian Sea (Raghukumar C & Raghukumar S 1998). Further collections are required to sequence this little observed species.

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