Open AccessTrochila ilicina (Helotiales, Ascomycota), a fungus newly found in Poland
Author(s) -
Elżbieta Zioło,
Tadeusz Madej,
Janusz Błaszkowski
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta mycologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2353-074X
pISSN - 0001-625X
DOI - 10.5586/am.2005.016
Subject(s) - ascomycota , fungus , ascocarp , botany , biology , taxonomy (biology) , gene , genetics
The morphological properties of Trochila ilicina (Helotiales, Ascomycota), a fungus previously not recorded in Poland, were described and illustrated. Trochila ilicina was associated with living, decaying and fallen leaves of Ilex aquifolium. However, this fungus formed apothecia only on leaves isolated from their plant host. Hence, T. ilicina was considered both a weak parasite and a saprotroph preferring decaying and necrotic leaves, and not only a saprotroph as all earlier published data suggested. This fungus has been found in different places of Szczecin, as well as in the Arboretum Glinna and the Arboretum Przelewice, north-western Poland. Additionally, the known distribution of T. ilicina in the world is presented