Biology:Microthecium japonicum
| Microthecium japonicum | |
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| scanning electron microscopy of ascospore; scale bar: 5 μm | |
Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Microthecium |
| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/MicrotheciumM. japonicum
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| Template:Taxonomy/MicrotheciumMicrothecium japonicum (Y.Horie, Udagawa & P.F.Cannon) Y.Marín, Stchigel, Guarro & Cano (2018)
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Microthecium japonicum is a species of fungus in the family Ceratostomataceae.[2] It was first described as a new species in 1986, as Persiciospora japonica. The species epithet refers to Japan, where the type specimen was collected in 1975.[3] It was reclassified in Microthecium in 2018.[4]
It is distinguished by its ostiolate ascomata (fruiting bodies with a small pore-like opening) and ellipsoid to spindle-shaped (fusiform) ascospores with a pitted, net-like surface pattern. It resembles M. moureai in these general features, but differs in producing a phialidic asexual form and small bulbil-like propagules, which are absent in M. moureai. The spore surface in M. japonicum is also more finely reticulate, whereas M. moureai has a coarser reticulation.[4]
References
- ↑ "GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: Microthecium japonicum (Y. Horie, Udagawa & P.F. Cannon) Y. Marín, Stchigel, Guarro & Cano, in Marin-Felix, Guarro, Cano-Lira, García, Miller & Stchigel, MycoKeys 44: 110 (2018)". Species Fungorum. https://www.speciesfungorum.org/GSD/GSDspecies.asp?RecordID=812096.
- ↑ "Microthecium japonicum (Y. Horie, Udagawa & P.F. Cannon) Y. Marín, Stchigel, Guarro & Cano". Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6RK45.
- ↑ Horie, Yoshikazu; Udagawa, Shin-ichi; Cannon, Paul F. (1986). "Four new Japanese species of the Ceratostomataceae (Ascomycetes)". Mycotaxon 25 (1): 229–245 [233]. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0025/001/0233.htm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Marin-Felix, Yasmina; Guarro, Josep; Cano-Lira, José F.; García, Dania; Miller, Andrew N.; Stchigel, Alberto M. (2018). "Melanospora (Sordariomycetes, Ascomycota) and its relatives". MycoKeys 44: 81–122. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.44.29742. PMID 30598621.
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