Sydowia Explained

Sydowia is a genus of fungi in the family Dothioraceae described by Giacomo Bresadola in 1895.^{[1] [2]} The name honours German mycologist, Paul Sydow.^[3]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[4]

• Sydowia agharkarii
• Sydowia ceanothi
• Sydowia gregaria
• Sydowia japonica
• Sydowia polyspora
• Sydowia prosopidis
• Sydowia randiae
• Sydowia semenospora
• Sydowia slippii
• Sydowia solitaria
• Sydowia wolfii

Former species;

• Sydowia dothideoides = Dothiora dothideoides, Botryosphaeriaceae
• Sydowia eucalypti = Pseudosydowia eucalypti, Saccotheciaceae]]
• Sydowia lepargyrea = Dothiora lepargyrea, Botryosphaeriaceae
• Sydowia pruni = Dothiora pruni, Botryosphaeriaceae
• Sydowia taxicola = Dothiora taxicola, Botryosphaeriaceae
• Sydowia versiformis = Dothiora versiformis, Botryosphaeriaceae

Notes and References

1. Giacomo. Bresadola . Giacomo Bresadola. February 1895 . Sammlungen . Collections . Hedwigia . la. 34 . 66 .
2. Web site: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist . 25 March 2015 . Bisby . F.A. . Roskov . Y.R. . Orrell . T.M. . Nicolson . D. . Paglinawan . L.E. . Bailly . N. . Kirk . P.M. . Bourgoin . T. . Baillargeon . G. . Ouvrard . D. . 2011. . Species 2000 . Reading, UK..
3. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
4. Web site: Sydowia - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 11 November 2022.