thysanorea

Study Extent

One sample each was collected in southern Taiwan (Kaohsiung County) in 2002 and northern Taiwan (Taoyuan City)in 2014. Further specimens were requested or loaned from herbaria in order to cover Hong Kong (the type of Ramichloridium lignicola) and Papua New Guinea (the type of Thysanorea papuana)

Sampling

Two specimens were collected on dead woody substrates in northern and southern Taiwan, respectively, and deposited in the Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan (TNM). Isolation of pure culture and morphological investigation were conducted as described in Kirschner (2016). Air-dried specimens from field collections were mounted on stubs, sputter-coated with gold and investigated with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) using a low vacuum scanning electron microscope at National Central University. Loans of type specimens were requested from the herbaria of the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht, The Netherlands (CBS-H), Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Havana, Cuba (HAC), and the International Fungal Research & Development Centre, Kunming, China (IFRD).

Method steps

1. Two specimens were collected on dead woody substrates in northern and southern Taiwan, respectively, and deposited in the Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan (TNM). Isolation of pure culture and morphological investigation were conducted as described in Kirschner (2016). Air-dried specimens from field collections were mounted on stubs, sputter-coated with gold and investigated with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) using a low vacuum scanning electron microscope at National Central University. Loans of type specimens were requested from the herbaria of the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Utrecht, The Netherlands (CBS-H), Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Havana, Cuba (HAC), and the International Fungal Research & Development Centre, Kunming, China (IFRD). Literature was consulted as Aptroot A, van Iperen A. 1998 – New ascomycetes and ascomycete record from Papua New Guinea. Nova Hedwigia 67, 481–497. Arzanlou M, Groenewald JZ, Gams W, Braun U, Shin HD, Crous PW. 2007 – Phylogenetic and morphotaxonomic revision of Ramichloridium and allied genera. Studies in Mycology 58, 57–93. DOI 10.3114/sim.2007.58.03. Pratibha J, Prabhugaonkar A. 2015 – New record of Thysanorea papuana from India. Mycosphere 6(4), 480–485. DOI 10.5943/mycosphere/6/4/9 Tsui CKM, Goh TK, Hyde KD, Hodgkiss JI. 2001 – New records or species of Dictyochaeta, Endophragmiella and Ramichloridium from submerged wood in Hong Kong freshwater streams. Cryptogamie Mycologie 22(2), 139–145. Material examined was from Hong Kong, Tai Po, Lam Tsuen River, on dead submerged branch, April 1997, K.M. Tsui KM 171 [formerly HKU(M), now IFRD, holotype of Ramichloridium lignicola, in poor condition, without conidiogenous heads and conidia], Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, foothill of Finisterre range, 40.8 km along road Madang-Lae, alt. 200 m, on stipe of unknown plant, 2 November 1995, A. Aptroot 36647 (CBS-H 6351, holotype of Thysanorea papuana), Taiwan, Kaohsiung County, between Baolai and Jiaxian, 400-600 m, on branch on ground, 6 July 2002, R. Kirschner & C.-J. Chen 1356 (TNM), Taoyuan City, Shihmen Dam area, 823 ca. 250 m, on rotting wood on ground, 16 April 2014, R. Kirschner 4019 (TNM), – living culture: BCRC FU30287, – ITS sequence: GenBank KX894451.

1. Thysanorea papuana
   rank: species

Own specimens from Taiwan, loaned specimens from Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea, literature records from India and Thailand