Peyritschiella furcifera (Thaxt.) I.I.Tav.

MB#105641

Fig. 67A–B

Mycologia Memoirs 9: 270 (Tavares 1985). – Basionym: Dichomyces furcifer Thaxt., Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 28: 184 [MB#142988] (Thaxter 1893, as furciferus, [MB#375051]) [Note: MycoBank gives two registration numbers, one for D. furciferus and the other for D. furcifer]. –

Type: “On abdomen of Philonthus debilis Grav., Massachusetts ”; FH. [USA]

Diagnostic features

Thallus symmetrical, small, up to 160 µm long. Lower tier of cells blackened, almost entirely opaque except for the central area. Middle tier of cells blackened outwards; extending with laterally superposed cells forming strip-like expansions as far as the upper part of the receptacle, right below the base of perithecia. Perithecia two in number; bearing short auricles on the apices. [Detailed descriptions: Thaxter 1896; Sugiyama 1973; Santamaria 1989; Majewski 1994b]

Distribution and hosts

This species has a worldwide distribution, known from the five continents. Europe: Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom; Africa: Algeria, Canary Islands, Ethiopia; America: Argentina, Grenada, Guatemala, Mexico, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela; Asia: Japan, Korea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan; Oceania: Australia (Santamaria et al. 1991). Not included in Santamaria et al. (1991) are records from Hungary (Bánhegyi et al. 1985), France (Duverger 1995), India (Kaur & Mukerji 1996b), Russia (Markovskaja 2004), China (Shen & Ye 2006), Sweden (Huggert 2010), Ecuador (Bernardi et al. 2014), and Turkey (Rossi 2016). Occurs on Col. Staphylinidae of the genus Philonthus and allied like Spatulonthus, but also on Gabrius, Eulissus Mannerheim, 1830, Gabronthus, Cafius, Rabigus Mulsant & Rey, 1876, and Xantholinus .

Collections examined from Denmark

On Philonthus coprophilus Jarrige, 1949 (Col. Staphylinidae Staphylininae) DENMARK – Lolland, Falster, Møn (LFM) • Høvblege; 54°57.826′ N, 12°30.574′ E; UB20; 6 Sep. 2019; JP 1514; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-124269 .

On Philonthus debilis (Gravenhorst, 1802) (Col. Staphylinidae Staphylininae) DENMARK – Østjylland (EJ) • Kjellerup; 56°17.644′ N, 9°25.850′ E; NH23; 18 Nov. 2017; JP 820; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123314 . – Sydsjaelland (SZ) • Gammel Kalvehave; 54°59.745′ N, 12°8.232′ E; UA19; 27 Apr. 2018; JP 1085; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-123603 .

On Philonthus discoideus (Gravenhorst, 1802) (Col. Staphylinidae Staphylininae) DENMARK – Nordøstsjaelland (NEZ) • Vest for Trørød; 55°50.223′ N, 12°31.185′ E; UB49; 13 Nov. 2016; JP 142; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-122619 .

On Philonthus rectangulus Sharp, 1874 (Col. Staphylinidae Staphylininae) DENMARK – Nordøstsjaelland (NEZ) • Bispebjerg; 55°43.063′ N, 12°31.288′ E; UB47; 3 Nov. 2019; JP 1541; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-124301 .

On Philonthus umbratilis (Gravenhorst, 1802) (Col. Staphylinidae Staphylininae) DENMARK – Nordøstsjaelland (NEZ) • Bispebjerg; 55°43.063′ N, 12°31.288′ E; UB47; 3 Nov. 2019; JP 1540; JP det.; ZMUC C-F-124300 .

Remarks

First record from Denmark. Cosmopolitan as it is, its presence in Denmark is not surprising.