Darksidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Lentitheciaceae
Genus: Darksidea
D.G. Knapp, Kovács, J.Z. Groenew. & Crous (2015)
Type species
Darksidea alpha
D.G. Knapp, Kovács, J.Z. Groenew. & Crous (2015)
Species

Darksidea alpha
Darksidea beta
Darksidea delta
Darksidea epsilon
Darksidea gamma
Darksidea zeta

Darksidea is a genus of fungi belonging to the ascomycetes, in the order 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.[1][2]

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 root-associated fungi.[2]

Species

  • Darksidea alpha
  • Darksidea beta
  • Darksidea delta
  • Darksidea epsilon
  • Darksidea gamma
  • Darksidea zeta

References

  1. ↑ Jumpponen, Ari; Trappe, James M. (1998). "Dark septate endophytes: a review of facultative biotrophic root-colonizing fungi". New Phytologist. 140 (2): 295–310. doi:10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00265.x. ISSN 0028-646X. PMID 33862835.
  2. 1 2 Knapp, D.G.; Kovács, G.M.; Zajta, E.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Crous, P.W. (2015). "Dark septate endophytic pleosporalean genera from semiarid areas". Persoonia. 35: 87–100. doi:10.3767/003158515X687669. PMC 4713113.


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