DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15158502
title: TABLE 2 a in Description of a novel termite ectoparasite, Termitaria hexasporodochia sp. nov. (Kathistaceae), presenting an unusual six-sectioned infestation, and a key to the fungal family Kathistaceae

description: TABLE 2a.Sporodochia-forming fungi (Kathistaceae) identification summary. Significant characters and morphological measurements of asexual features of Termitaria and Mattirolella from this study and pre-existing literature included.
FeatureMeasure (μm)Termitaria hexasporodochia sp. nov.Termitaria rhombicarpaTermitaria macrosporaTermitaria longiphialidisTermitaria snyderiTermitaria coronataMattirolella crustosaMattirolella silvestriTermitariopsis cavernosaSporodochiumlength250–6105,000-6,0002,000-3,000375–425400–1000>300800-1200200-802700width100–200400–500500-600375–42537>300250-300 um365-800200thickness116–120125–140120-140190–20070–8080–10080-9060-70100 expiculumlocation on hostVentral abdomen: sternites 4,5,6Thorax, abdomenThorax, abdomenHead, abdomen, legsAll body partsAll body partsAll body partsThorax, abdomen, legsLeg on Neivamyrmex opacithoraxshapeEllipsoid, circularEllipsoid, RhomboidEllipsoid, CircularCircularEllipsoid,circularCircularEllipsoid,circular, beakedEllipsoid, star-shapedEllipsoidConidiaCG locus20–2530–35--30–3550–6012–1552-width1–1.31.2–1.83.8-41.9–2.21.5–2.02.0–2.11.5–1.81.5Macroconidia: 20-30 Microconidia: 2.0length3–43.6–48.8–9.14.253.5–4.53.5–43–3.52.5–3Macroconidia:40-60 Microconidia: 2.0# per collarette8–98–104–58–104–510–1210–1210-12-shape colorRectangular, catenate hyalineRectangular, catenate hyalineRectangular, catenate hyalineRectangular, catenate hyalineCylindrical, catenate hyalineRectangular, catenate hyalineCylindrical, catenate hyalineCylindrical, catenate hyalineMacroconidia: multicellular,appendaged Microconidia: sphericalPhialideslength110–115100–10590–95160–18050–6090–9550–5537–40100width1.5–2.2--4.5–52–2.52–2.54.5–5.54–5.53.0arrangedTight columnsTight columnsLoose columnsTight columnsTight columnsTightly appressedCompartments w/ sterile hyphaeCompartments w/sterile hyphaePresent in some expciular cells and absent in expicular cavitytipsBlunt rounded, flatBlunt,rounded,flatPointed, minuteBlunt,roundedBlunt,flatThick,roundedBelow expicular crustBelow expicular crust-texturePerforate, light, textura angularisPerforate, light, textura angularisEchinulate, light, textura angularisPerforate, dark, textura angularis /prismaticaPerforate, light Textura angularisEchinulate, dark, textura prismaticaReticulate,dark pycnidium/ ostioleArched, dark epihymenium-Haustorialength19–2350–5520–2515–20--7.5–8-5.0 (mother cells)width1.7–2.410–1512.5–153–4--8–10-10.0 (mother cells)appearsThick walled, LobateThick walled elongate, branchedThick walled, LobateThick walled short, lobate branchedThick walled, LobateThick walled, lobateFinely branched, compactFinely branched, compactArise from dark thick-walled cellspigmentationExpiculumExpiculumPhialide wall: CL to base expiculumMid CL walls expiculumMid phialide walls, expiculumTip of phialide expiculumEpihymeniumEpimhymenium Haustorial mother cellsExpiculumreferencesThis reportKimbrough &Lenz 1982Kimbrough & Lenz 1982Kimbrough& Lenz 1982Kimbrough & Lenz 1982 Thaxter 1920, Khan &Aldrich 1974 Khan&Kimbrough 1974bKimbrough & Lenz 1982 Thaxter 1920 Colla 1929, Ensaf et al. 2006Khan&Kimbrough 1974a, Kimbrough &Thorne 1982Khan &Kimbrough 1974a Colla 1929Blackwell et al., 1980
description: Published as part of Wilson, Megan M., Emam, Amany, Davis, Steven R., Hall, Gene, Barden, Phillip & Ware, Jessica L., 2023, Description of a novel termite ectoparasite, Termitaria hexasporodochia sp. nov. (Kathistaceae), presenting an unusual six-sectioned infestation, and a key to the fungal family Kathistaceae, pp. 118 in Phytotaxa 591 (2) on page 118, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.591.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7797494