Tzeanania is a monotypic genus of fungi established in 2018. It is the only genus in the family Tzeananiaceae and contains the single species Tzeanania taiwanensis. The species is a parasite which grows on fruiting bodies of the fungus Ophiocordyceps macroacicularis, which is itself a parasite of moth larvae. So far it is only known from one collection which was made in Taiwan.[1]

Within the order Pleosporales, it is quite like the common soil genus Phoma, which has asexual spores produced in similar conidia with a glassy appearance, and forming inside structures called pycnidia. However the results of DNA analysis were considered to justify the definition of a new family for this species.[1]

The genus was named for the Taiwanese mycologist Shean-Shong Tzean.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Ariyawansa HA, Phillips A, Chuang WY, Tsai I (2018). "Tzeananiaceae, a new pleosporalean family associated with Ophiocordyceps macroacicularis fruiting bodies in Taiwan". MycoKeys. 37: 1–17. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.37.27265. PMC 6072833.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzeananaceae
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