Appendix B. Identification and frequency of collection of epifoliar fungi in canopy or understory radial transects from Cape Tribulation, Australia, or San Lorenzo, Republic of Panama.
Fungi were identified by D. Reynolds based on morphological characteristics, through examination of fungi from pressed and dried leaves. Observations and measurements of fungal structures were made from dried specimens mounted in lactophenol and examined using Zeiss light microscopes (Carl Zeiss International, Göttingen, Germany) and with a Cambridge scanning electron microscope (Hitachi S-3000N, Hitachi Scientific Instruments, Nitachinaka, Japan). Specimens were compared to type and other collections from world-wide herbaria and from descriptions in relevant literature (Reynolds and Gilbert 2005)(Reynolds, Gilbert, and Bethancourt, unpublished data). Specimens from both sites are deposited at the University Herbarium (UC) at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and from Panama at the Herbarium of the University of Panama.
| Cape Tribulation, Australia | |||||
Family |
Habit |
Fungus |
Canopy |
Understory |
Total |
| Antennulariellaceae | saprobic | Antennulariella californica | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Asterinaceae | biotrophic | Asterina eupomatiae | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| Asterinaceae | biotrophic | Asterina radulafistula | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| mitotic ascomycete | Asterostomella stophani | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Brefeldelliaceae | biotrophic | Brefeldiella subcuticulosa | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| Capnodiaceae | saprobic, honeydew | Caldariomyces axillatum | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Micropeltidiaceae | saprobic | Chaetothyrina costaricensis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Chaetothyriaceae | saprobic | Chaetothyrium fusisporum | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chaetothyriaceae | saprobic | Chaetothyrium strigosum | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Capnodiaceae | saprobic, honeydew | Conidiocarpus philippensis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| mitotic Ascomycete | saprobic | Elachopeltis andinas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| mitotic Ascomycete | saprobic | Enthallopycnidium gouldiae | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| mitotic Ascomycete | saprobic | Hymeniodiopeltis major | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Meliolaceae | biotrophic | Meliola alstoniae | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Micropelidtaceae | superficial | Micropeltis bambusina | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Micropelidtaceae | saprobic | Micropeltis bauhiniae | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Micropeltidiaceae | saprobic | Micropeltis sp. | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| mitotic Ascomycete | saprobic | Parastigmatellina asiatica | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| mitotic Ascomycete | saprobic | Plectopeltis egenula | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Schizothyriaceae | saprobic | Plochmopeltis ellisii | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| mitotic Ascomycete | saparobic | Sporidesmium macrurum | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Micropeltidiaceae | saprobic | Stigmatodothis palawanensis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Micropelticiaceae | saprobic | Stomiopeltis gautheriae | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Capnodiaceae | saprobic | Trichomerium grandisporum | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Antennulariaceae | saprobic | Trichothallus hawaiiensis | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Grand Total | 14 | 95 | 109 |
| San Lorenzo, Panama | |||||
Family |
Habit |
Fungus |
Canopy |
Understory |
Total |
| Incertae sedis | saprobic | Fumiglobus ficina | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brefeldiellaceae | biotropic | Brefeldiella brasiliensis | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Chaetothyriaceae | saprobic | Ciferriusia orientalis | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Capnodiaceae | saprobic | Conidiocarpus penzigii | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Saccardiaceae | sapraobic | Cyanodiscus glabrescens | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| mitotic Ascomycete | saprobic | Elachopeltella rubescens | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| mitotic Ascomycete | saprobic | Hansfordiopeltopsis amazonensis | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Coccodiniaceae | saprobic | Limacinula tenuis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Meliolaceae | biotrophic | Meliola protii | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Schizothyriaceae | saprobic | Metathyriella roupalae | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Micropeltinaceae | saprobic | Micropeltis bambusina | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Micropeltinaceae | saprobic | Micropeltis borgorensis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Micropeltinaceae | saprobic | Micropeltis caesalpiniae | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Micropeltinaceae | saprobic | Micropeltis clavispora | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Micropeltinaceae | saprobic | Micropeltis megasperma | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Micropeltinaceae | saprobic | Micropeltis aspidiospermae | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Micropeltinaceae | saprobic | Micropeltis sp1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Schizothyriaceae | saprobic | Metathyriella roupalae | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Schizothyriaceae | saprobic | Plochmopeltis ellisii | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Schizothyriaceae | saprobic | Schizothyriaceae immature | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Sterile tufts | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Vizellaceae | Vizella royenae | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Grand Total | 17 | 54 | 71 |
LITERATURE CITED
Reynolds, D. R., and G. S. Gilbert. 2005. Epifoliar fungi from Queensland, Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 18:265–289.