Darksidea
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| Genus: | Darksidea D.G. Knapp, Kovács, J.Z. Groenew. & Crous (2015)
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Darksidea is a genus of fungi belonging to the ascomycetes, in the order Pleosporales. It was described in 2015 by D.G. Knapp, Kovács, J.Z. Groenew. & Crous. Like many other members of the ascomycetes, they are dark septate endophytes, who colonize epidermal, intra- and inter-cellular root tissue, nearly always found upon grass species in arid or semiarid climates. [1][2]
The name "Darksidea" is not only inspired by the unique coloration of its hyphae, but is also a reference to its membership within the dark septate endophytes, being "on the dark side" of this mysterious and confounding form-group of root-associated fungi.[2]
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References
- ^ Jumpponen, Ari; Trappe, James M. (1998). "Dark septate endophytes: a review of facultative biotrophic root-colonizing fungi". New Phytologist. 140 (2): 295–310. doi:10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00265.x. ISSN 0028-646X. PMID 33862835.
- ^ a b Knapp, D.G.; Kovács, G.M.; Zajta, E.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Crous, P.W. (2015). "Dark septate endophytic pleosporalean genera from semiarid areas". Persoonia. 35: 87–100. doi:10.3767/003158515X687669.
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