Black apothecia on host surface
Image Credit: Pedro Crous
Image Credit: Pedro Crous
Vertical section through apothecium, showing asci, ascospores and pseudoparaphyses
Image Credit: Pedro Crous
Image Credit: Pedro Crous
Patellaria atrata (Patellariales, Patellariaceae) produces bitunicate asci on black, disk-shaped fruiting bodies (apothecia). This saprotrophic fungus colonizes preferentially exposed phloem fibers of wood and the decay mode resembles a white rot. The fungus has a tendency to occur in the canopy of floodplain forests but the exact nutritional strategy is unknown. Patellaria atrata delignifies branches that are 1 – 2.5 cm in diameter and is often found associated with Rabenhorstia cf. tiliae (anamorph of Hercospora), which has similar ecological requirements.
Literature:
- Baral H. O., Baral O. & Marson G. (2003). In Vivo Veritas. 2nd edition, 2 CD’s. Tübingen, Germany.
- Unterseher M., Otto P. & Morawetz W. (2003). Studies of the diversity of lignicolous fungi in the canopy of a floodplain forest in Leipzig, Saxony. Boletus 26: 117 – 126.
Genome Reference(s)
Please cite the following publication(s) if you use the data from this genome in your research:
Haridas S, Albert R, Binder M, Bloem J, LaButti K, Salamov A, Andreopoulos B, Baker SE, Barry K, Bills G, Bluhm BH, Cannon C, Castanera R, Culley DE, Daum C, Ezra D, González JB, Henrissat B, Kuo A, Liang C, Lipzen A, Lutzoni F, Magnuson J, Mondo SJ, Nolan M, Ohm RA, Pangilinan J, Park HJ, RamÃrez L, Alfaro M, Sun H, Tritt A, Yoshinaga Y, Zwiers LH, Turgeon BG, Goodwin SB, Spatafora JW, Crous PW, Grigoriev IV
101 Dothideomycetes genomes: A test case for predicting lifestyles and emergence of pathogens.
Stud Mycol. 2020 Jun;96():141-153. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2020.01.003
Haridas S, Albert R, Binder M, Bloem J, LaButti K, Salamov A, Andreopoulos B, Baker SE, Barry K, Bills G, Bluhm BH, Cannon C, Castanera R, Culley DE, Daum C, Ezra D, González JB, Henrissat B, Kuo A, Liang C, Lipzen A, Lutzoni F, Magnuson J, Mondo SJ, Nolan M, Ohm RA, Pangilinan J, Park HJ, RamÃrez L, Alfaro M, Sun H, Tritt A, Yoshinaga Y, Zwiers LH, Turgeon BG, Goodwin SB, Spatafora JW, Crous PW, Grigoriev IV
101 Dothideomycetes genomes: A test case for predicting lifestyles and emergence of pathogens.
Stud Mycol. 2020 Jun;96():141-153. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2020.01.003
