Semidelitschia
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| Semidelitschia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Delitschiaceae |
| Genus: | Semidelitschia Cain & Luck-Allen (1969) |
| Type species | |
| Semidelitschia agasmatica Cain & Luck-Allen (1969) | |
Semidelitschia is a genus of coprophilous fungi in the family Delitschiaceae that contains three species.[1] Semidelitschia was circumscribed in 1969 by mycologists Roy Cain and Robena Luck-Allen to contain the type species, Semidelitschia agasmatica Cain & Luck-Allen, found in North America. Semidelitschia tetraspora J.H. Mirza & S.M. Khan (found in Pakistan) and Semidelitschia nanostellata A.E. Bell & Mahoney (from Australia) were added to the genus in 1979 and 2001, respectively.[2][3] The genus is characterized by species with one-celled, dark ascospores, which distinguishes it from the related genus Delitschia (Delitschiaceae), which have two-celled ascospores.[4]
