Claim · model-written summary
The new Bryocentria species parasitizes mosses rather than liverworts and lacks typical medial ascospore bands.
- Interactor
- Bryocentria insolensBryocentria insolenst0parasitee0
- Outcome
- parasitising mosses rather than liverwortse0
LewinskyaNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The new species deviates from most congenerics by parasitising mosses rather than liverworts, and its ascospores lack the medial, cyanophilous band-like structures”
t0“Bryocentria insolens (Hypocreales) – a new bryophilous ascomycete on Lewinskya”
Title
George R. Greiff; Elisabeth Stöckli; François Bartholomeeusen; et al. Plant and Fungal Systematics 2025. doi:10.35535/pfsyst-2025-0004
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Bryocentria insolens parasitizes Lewinskya affinis.
- Observation Bryocentria insolens parasitizes L. speciosa.
- Observation Records of Bryocentria insolens are reported from Switzerland and Belgium.
- Observation Sequenced Bryocentria species form a natural group according to the analysis.
- Mechanism Ascospore bands may have arisen after a bryophilous lifestyle evolved.
- Method / resource A key for identifying European Bryocentria members was provided.