Shiraia bambusicola
| Shiraia bambusicola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Subclass: | Dothideomycetidae |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Shiraia Henn. 1900 |
| Species: | S. bambusicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Shiraia bambusicola P. Henn. 1900 | |
Shiraia bambusicola is a parasitic fungus on twigs of several genera of bamboos, and its relatively large stromata are used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Shiraia. It is widely distributed in many provinces of Southern China and also in Japan.
The genus Shiraia, named after Dr. Mitsutaro Shirai, was first established and proposed as a member of the family Nectriaceae by P. Hennings in 1900.[1][2] Although the familial placement is somewhat uncertain, molecular phylogenetic evidence based on the sequences of ribosomal DNA supports its positioning in the Phaeosphaeriaceae.[3]
References
- ↑ Hennings, P. (1900). "Fungi japonici". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28 (3): 273–280.
- ↑ Saccardo, P.A.; Sydow, P. (1902). Sylloge Fungorum (XVI ed.). p. 600.
- ↑ Cheng TF, Jia XM, Ma XH, Lin HP, Zhao YH. (2004). "Phylogenetic study on Shiraia bambusicola by rDNA sequence analyses". Journal of Basic Microbiology 44 (5): 339–50. doi:10.1002/jobm.200410434. PMID 15378525.
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