Thielavia Explained

Thielavia is a genus of fungi in the family Chaetomiaceae. Circumscribed by German botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf in 1876, Thielavia is a teleomorph of Myceliophthora. Collectively, the genus is widely distributed, and according to a 2008 estimate, contained 31 species. Thielavia heterothallica and T. terrestris can cause infections in humans.

The genus name of Thielavia is in honour of Friedrich Joachim Sigismund von Thielau (1796–1870), who was a German forester and landowner in Breslau.^[1]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[2]

Thielavia achromatica
Thielavia ampullata
Thielavia aurantiaca
Thielavia australiensis
Thielavia bispora
Thielavia coactilis
Thielavia coerulescens
Thielavia coprophila
Thielavia egyptiaca
Thielavia elliptica
Thielavia emodensis
Thielavia expansa
Thielavia inaequalis
Thielavia lutescens
Thielavia macrospora
Thielavia magna
Thielavia minuta
Thielavia minutissima
Thielavia pakistanica
Thielavia pallidospora
Thielavia phyllactinea
Thielavia polygonoperda
Thielavia pseudomaritima
Thielavia renominata
Thielavia submacrospora
Thielavia wareingii

Former species;^[2] (assume family Chaetomiaceae if not mentioned)

T. albomyces = Melanocarpus albomyces, Sordariales
T. angulata = Westerdykella angulata, Stchigel & Guarro (2003)}} = Trichocladium antarcticum
- T. appendiculata = Parathielavia appendiculata
- T. arenaria = Canariomyces arenarius, Microascaceae
- T. arxii = Pseudothielavia arxii
- T. basicola = Berkeleyomyces basicola, Ceratocystidaceae
- T. boothii = Coniochaeta boothii, Coniochaetaceae
- T. bovina = Dichlaena bovina, Aspergillaceae
- T. californica = Chaetomium pilosum
- T. cephalothecoides = Chaetomidium cephalothecoides
- T. decidua = Apodus deciduus, Neoschizotheciaceae
- T. fimeti = Chaetomidium fimeti
- T. fragilis = Hyalosphaerella fragilis
- T. gigaspora = Stolonocarpus gigasporus
- T. heterothallica = Thermothelomyces heterothallicus
- T. hyalocarpa = Cladorrhinum hyalocarpum, Podosporaceae
- T. hyrcaniae = Parathielavia hyrcaniae
- T. indica = Preussiella indica
- T. intermedia = Cladorrhinum intermedium, Podosporaceae
- T. kirilenkoae = Microthielavia ovispora
- T. kuwaitensis = Parathielavia kuwaitensis
- T. leptoderma = Chaetomidium leptoderma
- T. microspora = Canariomyces microsporus, Microascaceae
- T. minor = Pseudothielavia terricola
- T. minuta, (= Thielavia minutissima
, Ceratocystidaceae
T. minuta var. thermophila = Melanocarpus thermophilus, Sordariales
T. neocaledoniensis = Isia neocaledoniensis, Sordariales
T. novoguineensis = Corynascus novoguineensis
T. octospora = Achaetomium globosum
T. ovalispora = Chaetomidium ovalisporum
T. ovata = Kernia ovata), Microascaceae
T. ovispora = Microthielavia ovispora
T. peruviana = Chrysanthotrichum peruvianum
T. pilosa = Chaetomium pilosum
T. pingtungia = Chaetomidium pingtungium
T. reticulata = Neurospora reticulata, Sordariaceae
T. savoryi = Coniochaeta savoryi, Coniochaetaceae
T. sepedonium = Corynascus sepedonium
T. setosa = Chaetomidium setosum
T. soppittii = Microthecium brevirostre, Ceratostomataceae
T. spirotricha = Botryotrichum spirotrichum,
T. subfimeti = Chaetomium subfimeti,
T. subthermophila = Canariomyces subthermophilus, Microascaceae
T. terrestris = Thermothielavioides terrestris,
T. terricola = Pseudothielavia terricola,
T. terricola f. minor = Pseudothielavia terricola,
T. terricola var. minor = Pseudothielavia terricola,
T. tetraspora = Boothiella tetraspora, Sordariaceae
T. thermophila = Chaetomidium thermophilum,
T. tortuosa = Condenascus tortuosus,
T. trichorobusta = Chaetomidium trichorobustum,
T. variospora = Pseudothielavia hamadae,

Notes and References

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.
Web site: Thielavia - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 16 November 2022.