Darksidea
Genus of fungi
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Darksidea is a genus of fungi belonging to the ascomycetes, in the order Pleosporales. It was described in 2015 by D.G. Knapp, Kovács, J.Z. Groenew. & Crous. Like many other members of the ascomycetes, they are dark septate endophytes, who colonize epidermal, intra- and inter-cellular root tissue, nearly always found upon grass species in arid or semiarid climates.[1][2]
| Darksidea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Lentitheciaceae |
| Genus: | Darksidea D.G. Knapp, Kovács, J.Z. Groenew. & Crous (2015) |
| Type species | |
| Darksidea alpha D.G. Knapp, Kovács, J.Z. Groenew. & Crous (2015) | |
| Species | |
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Darksidea alpha | |
The name "Darksidea" is not only inspired by the unique coloration of its hyphae, but is also a reference to its membership within the dark septate endophytes, being "on the dark side" of this mysterious and confounding form-group of root-associated fungi.[2]
Species
- Darksidea alpha
- Darksidea beta
- Darksidea delta
- Darksidea epsilon
- Darksidea gamma
- Darksidea zeta
