| Fitzpatrickella operculata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Coryneliales |
| Family: | Coryneliaceae |
| Genus: | Fitzpatrickella Benny, Samuelson & Kimbr. |
| Species: | F. operculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Fitzpatrickella operculata Benny, Samuelson & Kimbr. | |
Fitzpatrickella operculata is an ascomycete fungus of the order Coryneliales, it grows exclusively on the fruits of the Drimys genus of flowering plants on the Juan Fernández Islands.[1] It is the only species in the genus Fitzpatrickella .[1]
Structure
Fitzpatrickella operculata is characterised by the presence of doliiform, black ascocarps with an obvious area for dehiscence to occur. The ascocarps of Fitzpatrickella operculata tend to almost cover the fruits they infect being very tightly packed, with the ascocarps having well defined operculum, that when ruptured to release the ascospores leaves a central cavity in the ascocarp.[1] The central cavity is lined with a zone of textura prismatica (tissue composed of relatively short cylindrical cells[2]), and an outer layer of textura angular (tissue composed of tightly packed polyhedral cells[2]).
Spores
Fitzpatrickella operculata generally produces eight spored asci, containing brown to dark brown pitted ascospores of varying shapes, which are also unicellular spores.[1]
Etymology
This fungus was named after Harry Morton Fitzpatrick, a mycologist involved in the study of Coryneliales.[1][3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Benny, Gerald L.; Samuelson, Don A.; Kimbrough, James W. (1985). "Studies on the Coryneliales. I. Fitzpatrickella, a Monotypic Genus on the Fruits of Drimys". Botanical Gazette. 146 (2): 232–237. doi:10.1086/337519. ISSN 0006-8071. JSTOR 2474747. S2CID 84150503.
- 1 2 Hengstmengel, Jan (2020-06-01). "Emendations to tissue typology in discomycetes". Mycological Progress. 19 (6): 543–558. doi:10.1007/s11557-020-01577-5. hdl:1887/138372. ISSN 1861-8952. S2CID 218761450.
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, Harry Morton (1942). "Revisionary Studies in the Coryneliaceae". Mycologia. 34 (4): 464–488. doi:10.1080/00275514.1942.12020916. ISSN 0027-5514.