''Arthrinium'' is a genus of minute disease-causing
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
which belong to the family
Apiosporaceae
The Apiosporaceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota. It was placed in the order Amphisphaeriales in 2020.
The family was circumscribed in 1998. Species in the family are saprobic, and derive nutrients by decomposing and digesting plant mat ...
and which are parasitic on
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s such as
sedges. These fungi have an
anamorphic life cycle stage where spores are produced asexually in structures called
conidia
A conidium ( ; ), sometimes termed an asexual chlamydospore or chlamydoconidium (), is an asexual, non-motile spore of a fungus. The word ''conidium'' comes from the Ancient Greek word for dust, ('). They are also called mitospores due to the ...
and a
teleomorphic stage where sexual spores are produced in
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.
Historically the name ''Arthrinum'' represented the
anamorph
In mycology, the terms teleomorph, anamorph, and holomorph apply to portions of the life cycles of fungi in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota:
*Teleomorph: the sexual reproductive stage (morph), typically a fruiting body.
*Anamorph: an ase ...
form and a different genus name was used for the
teleomorph form; however after a decision in 2011 one name or the other has to be selected as the current name for all cases. The corresponding teleomorph-derived name varies from species to species of ''Arthrinium'' but most commonly it is ''
Apiospora
''Apiospora'' is a genus of fungi which cause plant diseases. It gives its name to the family Apiosporaceae, which contains a number of other genera. This is historically a name for the teleomorph (sexual) life-cycle stage of the fungus; for s ...
'', for instance the teleomorph synonym of the species ''Arthrinium balearicum'' is ''Apiospora balearica''. There is a tendency to prefer the teleomorph name and the genus name ''Arthrinium'' is not the current official one for all species.
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The genus was first described by ]Gustav Kunze
Gustav Kunze (4 October 1793, Leipzig – 30 April 1851, Leipzig)
was a German professor of zoology, an entomologist and botanist with an interest mainly in ferns and orchids.
Kunze joined the Wernerian Natural History Society in Edinburgh in 181 ...
in 1817.cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.Arthrinium sphaerospermum
''Arthrinium'' is a genus of minute disease-causing fungi which belong to the family Apiosporaceae and which are parasitic on flowering plants such as sedges. These fungi have an anamorphic life cycle stage where spores are produced asexually ...
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* ''Arthrinium saccharicola
''Arthrinium'' is a genus of minute disease-causing fungi which belong to the family Apiosporaceae and which are parasitic on flowering plants such as sedges. These fungi have an anamorphic life cycle stage where spores are produced asexually ...
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References
External links
Images & occurrence data for ''Arthrinium''
from GBIF
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