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Trichothallus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Capnodiales
Family:	Euantennariaceae
Genus:	Trichothallus F.Stevens (1925)
Type species
Trichothallus hawaiiensis F.Stevens (1925)

Trichothallus is a genus of mould which can live on plants, smothering them and inhibiting photosynthesis. This form of growth, referred to as trichothallic, can be paralleled in certain brown algae (Phaeophyta) where development is restricted to specific, well-defined regions such as at or near the base of the filament. The genus was circumscribed by the mycologist Frank Lincoln Stevens in 1925.

Taxonomy

Trichothallus contains the following species:

• Trichothallus hawaiiensis
• Trichothallus niger

References

1. Citizen science observations for Trichothallus at iNaturalist
2. Macmillian, B. H. "Ripogonum scandens". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 7: 641–672 – via Biological flora of New Zealand.
3. "Trichothallic growth". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
4. Stevens, F.L. (1925). "Hawaiian fungi". Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 19: 85.

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