Laboulbeniomycetes (Fungi, Ascomycota) of Denmark
Author
Santamaria, Sergi
Unitat de Botànica, Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d’Ecologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona), Spain.
sergi.santamaria@uab.cat
Author
Pedersen, Jan
Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 København Ø, Denmark.
japedersen@snm.ku.dk
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2021
2021-11-26
781
1
425
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.781.1583
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2021.781.1583
2118-9773
5828924
Genus
Dioicomyces
Thaxt.
MB#1592
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
37: 33 (
Thaxter 1901b
).
–
Type
species:
D. anthici
Thaxt.
Brief description
Dioecious. Male thalli consisting of four superposed cells, the uppermost functioning as a single antheridium. Female thalli consisting of a three-celled receptacle (
Fig. 66A
), a perithecium and a single celled primary appendage. Perithecium with 4–5(–6) cells in each vertical row of outer wall cells. Trichogyne reflexed, two-celled, the distal cell bearing terminal slender branchlets or papillae.
Remarks
The genus consists of 23 species, of which nine in Europe, two in
Denmark
. The most recently described species are
D. ladoi
and
D. leptalei
(
Santamaria 2002
)
. In this paper an extensive revision of the genus
Dioicomyces
, with numerous synonymies and typifications, is provided. For classification of species, male thalli are almost useless.
Key to the Danish species (partially following
Santamaria 2002
)
1. Female thalli bearing outgrowths on and near the perithecial tip. On
Myrmechixenus
Chevrolat, 1835
(Col.
Tenebrionidae
) .........................................................................
D. myrmecophilus
T.Majewski
– Female thalli without outgrowths. On Col.
Anthicidae
...........................................
D. anthici
Thaxt.