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

Santamaria, Sergi & Pedersen, Jan, 2021, Laboulbeniomycetes (Fungi, Ascomycota) of Denmark, European Journal of Taxonomy 781, pp. 1-425 : 284-285

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.

Figures

Fig. 67. Peyritschiella spp. A–B. P. furcifera (Thaxt.) I.I.Tav. Mature thalli. – C–D. P. hybrida (Thaxt.) I.I.Tav. Mature thalli. – E–G. P. nigrescens Thaxt. Mature thalli. Scale bars: 50 µm. Photographs from slides ZMUC C-F-122619 (A), ZMUC C-F-123314 (B), ZMUC C-F-123464 (C–D), ZMUC C-F-123314 (E), ZMUC C-F-123603 (F–G).