Herpobasidium filicinum (Eocronartiaceae, Platygloeales) occurs on Dennstaedtia wilfordii (Dennstaedtiaceae) in Japan

Taiga Kasuya, Yoshitaka Ono

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Abstract

A fungus parasitic on a fern, Dennstaedtia wilfordii (Dennstaedtiaceae), was found at the foothill of Mt. Fuji, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. Its hyphae spread within host mesophyll cells and through intercellular spaces, forming coiled haustoria in the epidermal and mesophyll cells. The hyphae emerged either through stomata or by disrupting epidermal cell junctions. The hyphae spreading over the abaxial leaf surface generated one-septate, thin-walled basidia. All the morphological features observed were characteristic of the genus Herpobasidium. The species identification of the fungus as H. filicinum by morphology was supported by molecular phylogenetic analyses of the D1/D2 region of the large subunit rRNA gene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)443-448
Number of pages6
JournalMycoscience
Volume59
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Nov
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Basidium ontogeny
  • Fern
  • Geographic distribution
  • Host specificity
  • Taxonomy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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