Calathella
mangrovei
E.B.G. Jones & Agerer, 1992. Bot. Mar., 35: 259.
Agaricomycetes, Subclass Agaricomycetidae
Agaricales
Marasmiaceae
Type species:
Calathella ellisii Agerer, Mitteilungen aus der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 19: 198 (1983)
Marine species:
Calathella mangrovei E.B.G. Jones & Agerer, 1992. Bot. Mar., 35: 259.
Sexual morph: saprobic, Basidiomes: cyphelloid, 500-2520 µm high, 300-1080 µm in diameter at the apex, 243-450 µm in diameter in the stalk region, 720-810 µm in the mid region, turbinate to club-shaped, tube-shaped, becoming horn-like in shape, pedunculate, superficial on the wood, yellowish with a reddish colouring, old basidiomes ochre-yellow, leathery, tomentose, solitary or gregarious. Mycelium: with clamp connections. Cup wall surface hairs 60-520 X 203 µm forming a ring at the top around the opening of the basidiome, simple, brownish, non-septate, dextrinoid, round and minutely encrusted. Hymenium: lining the inner walls of the basidiome. Basidia: 60-80 x 5-8.5 µm, suburniform, sometimes cylindrical, tapering with a long tail, non-septate, hyaline, with 4 sterigmata, 4 µm long. Basidiospores: 8-12 x 6-10 µm, one-celled, smooth, hyaline, elliptical and accumulating at maturity at the tip of the basidiomes. Asexual morph. Undetermined (Description: Based on Jones & Agerer (1992)).
Key references:
Borse BD (2000) Marine fungi from Maharashtra (India). V. A checklist. J. Phytol. Res. 13: 123-128.
Borse BD, Bhat DJ, Borse KN, Tuwas AR, Pawar NS (2012) Marine Fungi of India. Broadway Book Centre, India.
Jones EBG, Agerer R. (1992) Calathella mangrovii sp. nov. and observations on the mangrove fungus Halocyphina villosa. Botanica Marina 35:259-265.
Prasannarai K, Sridhar KR (2001) Diversity and abundance of higher marine fungi on woody substrates along the west coast of India. Current Science 81: 304-311.
Schmit JP, Shearer CA. (2003) A checklist of mangrove-associated fungi, their geographical distribution and known host plants. Mycotaxon 85: 423-477.