Diphymyces I.I.Tav.

Santamaria, Sergi & Pedersen, Jan, 2021, Laboulbeniomycetes (Fungi, Ascomycota) of Denmark, European Journal of Taxonomy 781, pp. 1-425 : 234

Genus Diphymyces I.I.Tav.

MB#25682

Mycologia Memoirs 9: 202 ( Tavares 1985). –

Type species: D. appendiculatus (Thaxt.) I.I.Tav.

Brief description

Monoecious. Receptacle three-celled. Cell II connected along its whole length with cell VI, thus separated by a vertical septum one from the other. Primary appendage free, consisting of several superposed cells, ± profusely branched, bearing intercalary antheridia. Perithecium with four cells in each vertical row of outer wall cells; usually with apical and/or subapical outgrowths.

Remarks

The genus consists of 26 species, of which six in Europe, one in Denmark. The most recently described species are D. torresii (Rossi et al. 2020) , and D. oryoti ( Rossi & Christian 2020) . On Col. Leiodidae Cholevinae beetles with the exception of three species that occur on Col. Leiodidae Coloniinae: D. appendiculatus (Thaxt.) I.I.Tav. , on Col. Staphylinidae : D. penicillifer A.Weir & W.Rossi , and on Col. Tenebrionidae : undescribed species by Hughes (2008) (see De Kesel & Haelewaters 2019).