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ON THE USE OF HYPHAL MORPHOLOGY IN THE TAXONOMY OF SOOTY MOLD ASCOMYCETES
Author(s) -
Reynolds Don R.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1218601
Subject(s) - hypha , biology , morphology (biology) , taxonomy (biology) , taxon , botany , zoology
Summary Hyphal morphology has been used by various authors to define sooty mold Ascomycete taxa and to establish pleomorphic relationships between sexually and asexually reproducing species occurring together in a naturally developed colony. Evidence is presented to indicate that the presence of hyphal ornamentation is an unreliable taxonomic character. Reports in the literature of pleomorphic relationships based on culture work are reviewed. It is concluded that experimental evidence must be obtained to support taxonomic use of hyphal morphology data taken from sooty mold colonies developed in Nature.