Spegazzinia
- Spegazzinia is also a synonym of the cactus genus Weingartia.
Spegazzinia is a genus of widely distributed mitosporic ascomycete fungi in the family Didymosphaeriaceae.As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020.[1]
It was earlier placed in the family Apiosporaceae in 2008.[2] This genus is somewhat related to other lobed or ornamented genera, such as Candelabrum. No information is available regarding health effects, toxicity, or allergenicity. The distinctive spores of Spegazzinia are occasionally identified on spore trap samples. It may also be found in the air by culturable (Andersen) samples if a long enough incubation period is provided so that sporulation occurs. Laboratories have never found this organism growing on indoor environmental surfaces. Natural habitat includes soil and many kinds of trees and other plants.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo in 1880, in Rev. Mycol. (Toulouse) vol. 2, page 140. The genus name of Spegazzinia is in honour of Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, (in Spanish Carlos Luis Spegazzini; 1858–1926), an Italian-born Argentinian botanist and mycologist.[4]
Taxonomy
Species
The following species are accepted by Species Fungorum:[5]
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- Spegazzinia affinis Template:Au
- Spegazzinia bromeliacearum Template:Au
- Spegazzinia camelliae Template:Au
- Spegazzinia cruciata Template:Au
- Spegazzinia deightonii Template:Au
- Spegazzinia flabellata Template:Au
- Spegazzinia intermedia Template:Au
- Spegazzinia lobulata Template:Au
- Spegazzinia neosundara Template:Au
- Spegazzinia parkeri Template:Au
- Spegazzinia radermacherae Template:Au
- Spegazzinia subramanianii Template:Au[6]
- Spegazzinia sundara Template:Au
- Spegazzinia tessarthra Template:Au
- Spegazzinia xanthorrhoeae Template:Au
Former taxa
The following taxa were formally recognised:[5]
- S. lobata Template:Au = Sporidesmium lobatum (family Pleosporomycetidae)
- S. ornata Template:Au = Spegazzinia tessarthra
- S. tessarthra var. deightonii Template:Au = Spegazzinia deightonii
- S. trichophila Template:Au = Isthmospora trichophila (family Microthyriaceae)
References
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