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{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Darksidea
| authority = D.G. Knapp, Kovács, J.Z. Groenew. & Crous (2015)
| type_species = Darksidea alpha
| type_species_authority = D.G. Knapp, Kovács, J.Z. Groenew. & Crous (2015)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = ''Darksidea alpha''<br />
''Darksidea beta''<br />
''Darksidea delta''<br />
''Darksidea epsilon''<br />
''Darksidea gamma''<br />
''Darksidea zeta''
}}

'''''Darksidea''''' is a genus of [[Biology:Fungi|fungi]] belonging to the ascomycetes, in the order [[Biology:Pleosporales|Pleosporales]]. It was described in 2015 by D.G. Knapp, Kovács, J.Z. Groenew. & Crous. Like many other members of the ascomycetes, they are dark septate endophytes, who colonize epidermal, intra- and inter-cellular root tissue, nearly always found upon grass species in arid or semiarid climates.<ref name="Jumpponen1998">{{cite journal|last1=Jumpponen|first1=Ari|last2=Trappe|first2=James M.|title=Dark septate endophytes: a review of facultative biotrophic root-colonizing fungi|journal=New Phytologist|volume=140|issue=2|year=1998|pages=295–310|issn=0028-646X|doi=10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00265.x|pmid=33862835|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="Knappetal2015">{{cite journal|last1=Knapp|first1=D.G.|last2=Kovács|first2=G.M.|last3=Zajta|first3=E.|last4=Groenewald|first4=J.Z.|last5=Crous|first5=P.W.|title=Dark septate endophytic pleosporalean genera from semiarid areas|journal=Persoonia|volume=35|year=2015|pages=87–100|doi=10.3767/003158515X687669|pmc=4713113}}</ref>

The name "Darksidea" is not only inspired by the unique coloration of its hyphae, but is also a reference to its membership within the dark septate endophytes, being "on the dark side" of this mysterious and confounding form-group of [[Biology:Mycorrhiza|root-associated fungi]].<ref name="Knappetal2015"/>

==Species==
* ''Darksidea alpha''
* ''Darksidea beta''
* ''Darksidea delta''
* ''Darksidea epsilon''
* ''Darksidea gamma''
* ''Darksidea zeta''

== References ==
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[[Category:Pleosporales]]
[[Category:Dothideomycetes genera]]


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