Three New Species of Luttrellia from Temperate and Tropical Freshwater Habitats
Ferrer A and Shearer CA. 2007. Three New Species of Luttrellia from Temperate and Tropical Freshwater Habitats. Mycologia. 99(1):144–151
Taxonomic study of fungi with one specimen form GRSM. Three pyrenomycetes collected from woody debris submerged in freshwater habitats are described as new species of Luttrellia: L. guttulata sp. nov., L. halonata sp. nov. and L. parvulospora sp. nov. A collection of L. estuarina, the type species of the genus, having ascospores surrounded by a gelatinous sheath, a characteristic not observed in the type specimen, is reported. The genus description is emended to include fungi with 4- or 8-spored asci and ascospores with or without a gelatinous sheath. Luttrellia is distinguished from other genera in the Halosphaeriaceae by hyaline, phragmoseptate, and thick-walled ascospores with or without a gelatinous sheath.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Ferrer, Astrid; Shearer, Carol
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory, APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, Aquatic, ATBI, biodiversity, euascomycetes, fungal systematics, Fungi, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, GRSM-00111, SER, Southeast Region