Magnisphaera
spartinae
(E.B.G. Jones) J. Campb., J.L. Anderson & Shearer, Mycologia 95 (3): 547 (2003)
Sordariomycetes, Subclass Hypocreomycetidae
Microascales
Halosphaeriaceae
Magnisphaera J. Campbell, J.L. Anderson & Shearer, Mycologia 95 (3): 546 (2003)
Type and marine species:
Magnisphaera spartinae (E.B.G. Jones) J. Campb., J.L. Anderson & Shearer, Mycologia 95 (3): 547 (2003)
≡Haligena spartinae E.B.G. Jones, Transactions of the British Mycological Society 45: 245 (1962)
≡Halosarpheia spartinae (E.B.G. Jones) Shearer & J.L. Crane, Botanica Marina 23: 608 (1981)
≡Matsusphaeria spartinae (E.B.G. Jones) K.L. Pang & E.B.G. Jones, Nova Hedwigia 77 (1-2): 15 (2003)
Index Fungorum Number: 373835 Faceoffungi Number: N/A
Saprobic Spartina and wood in marine habitats, Sexual morph: Ascomata: 190-310 µm high, 310-350 µm diam., globose, dark brown to black, coriaceous, immersed, solitary. Necks: periphysate. Asci: 124-214 x 32-60 m, unitunicate, 8-spored, clavate, deliquescing at maturity, pedicellate. Ascospores: 60-76(-90) x 15-22 µm, hyaline, ellipsoidal, 2-7 (-8-9) septate, predominantly 5-septate, constricted at the septum, appendaged. Appendages: bipolar, 7-18 x 1-2 µm, unfurling into fine thread in water. Asexual morph: Undermined.
Description based on Jones (1962)
Key references:
Campbell J, Anderson JL, Shearer CA (2003). Systematics of Halosarpheia based on morphological and molecular data. Mycologia. 95(3): 530–552.
Jones EBG (1962). Haligena spartinae sp. nov., a pyrenomycete on Spartina townsendii. Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 45: 245–248.
Jones EBG (1994). Fungal adhesion. Presidential address (1992). Mycol Res 98: 961–981.
Jones EBG, Ju WT, Lu CL, Guo SY, Pang KL (2017). The Halosphaeriaceae revisited. Botanica Marina (60(4): 453–468.
Pang KL, Vrijmoed LLP, Kong RYC, Jones EBG (2003). Polyphyly of Halosarpheia (Halosphaeriales, Ascomycota): implications on the use of unfurling ascospore appendage as a systematic character. Nova Hedwigia. 77(1–2): 1–18.
Sakayaroj J, Pang KL, Jones EBG (2011). Multi–gene phylogeny of the Halosphaeriaceae: its ordinal status, relationships between genera and morphological character evolution. Fungal Diversity 46: 87–109.
Shearer C, Crane JL (1980). Fungi of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries VIII. Ascomycetes with unfurling appendages. Botanica Marina. 23: 607–615.