Naslov
Contribution of "vital taxonomy" methods to the Ascomycota taxonomy

Autori
Kušan, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, doktorska disertacija

Fakultet
Odjel za biologiju Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku

Mjesto
Osijek

Datum
25.09

Godina
2015

Stranica
95

Mentor
Mešić, Armin

Ključne riječi
anamorph ; Ascorhizoctonia ; ascospore morphology and morphometry ; axenic cultures ; biodiversity ; biogeography ; cell inclusions ; character states ; ecology ; Hamatocanthoscypha rotundispora ; key to the species ; microscopy ; taxonomic characters ; taxonomic procedures ; teleomorph ; Thecotheus platyapiculatus nom. prov. ; Tricharina tophiseda nom. prov. ; Tricharina japonica

Sažetak
Traditional laboratory methods in mycology include light microscopy and examination of dried material. Working with fungi from the phylum Ascomycota, these methods are insufficiently informative because large number of important taxonomic characters are irretrievably lost or changed during the material conservation. A set of laboratory methods called „vital taxonomy“ include systematic collection and exhaustive analysis of morphological, cytological, cytochemical, histochemical and physiological data sets on all types of living cells and tissues. This thesis provides a contribution of „vital taxonomy“ methods in establishing clearer and some new taxonomic features important to distinguish closely related species from several different taxonomic groups in the phylum Ascomycota. Thecotheus platyapiculatus and Tricharina tophiseda are proposed as new species. For the purpose of easier identification and differentiation from similar species, a re- description of Hamatocathoscypha rotundispora and Tricharina japonica is given. The genus Ascorhizoctonia is proposed for emendation to include only two species, A. praecox and A. intermedia. A worldwide key to the species with apiculate spores in the genus Thecotheus is provided along with a guide for the study of spore apiculi. Nomenclatural standard for the ascospore shapes is elaborated regarding the prolate symmetrical spores.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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