Trichothallus is a genus[1] of mould which can live on plants, smothering them and inhibiting photosynthesis.[2] This form of growth, referred to as trichothallic, can be paralleled in certain brown algae (Phaeophyta) where development is restricted to specific, well-defined regions such as at or near the base of the filament.[3] The genus was circumscribed by the mycologist Frank Lincoln Stevens in 1925.[4]
| Trichothallus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Capnodiales |
| Family: | Euantennariaceae |
| Genus: | Trichothallus F.Stevens (1925) |
| Type species | |
| Trichothallus hawaiiensis F.Stevens (1925)
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Taxonomy
editTrichothallus contains the following species:
References
edit- ^ Citizen science observations for Trichothallus at iNaturalist
- ^ Macmillian, B. H. "Ripogonum scandens". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 7: 641–672 – via Biological flora of New Zealand.
- ^ "Trichothallic growth". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ Stevens, F.L. (1925). "Hawaiian fungi". Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 19: 85.