Eight pestalotioid fungi were isolated from the Restionaceae growing in the Cape Floral Kingdom of South Africa. Sarcostroma restionis, Truncatella megaspora, T. restionacearum and T. spadicea are newly described. New records include Pestalotiopsis matildae, Sarcostroma lomatiae, Truncatella betulae and T. hartigii. To resolve generic affiliations, phylogenetic analyses were performed on ITS (I...

RNAand DNA-containing structures in the ciliate Bursaria truncatella were studied on ultrathin sections and spread preparations of individual macronuclei isolated at middle interphase. To label DNA-containing structures we used antiDNA antibodies and protein A-colloidal gold complexes. To label RNP structures, complexes of gold with RNase A were used. Chromatin structures in the form of accumul...

Truncatella angustata is a coelomycetous fungus, typically associated with vascular plants as either an endophyte or a pathogen. This organism has not previously been implicated in human disease. This report describes a case of T. angustata subcutaneous infection in an immunocompetent patient. A conclusive diagnosis was achieved through partial sequencing of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) cluster. The pa...

Brewer (1958) described the isolation ofa number of fungi from slime samples taken from pulp and paper mills in Eastern Canada, one of the organisms being identified as Truncatella ramulosa (v. Beyma) Steyaert (Syn. Pestalotia ramulosa v. Beyma). In 1959, during a study of a subculture of this organism, we observed crystals in old cultures grown on malt-extract-agar. In a preliminary note Benja...

In the present study, five species of Cladosporium including C. perangustum, C. basi-inflatum, C. cladosporioides, C. herbarum and C. subtilissimum,and three species assigned to other fungal genera including Truncatella angustata, Alternaria atra and Nigrospora oryzea are reported as endophytic fungi of common yew (Taxus baccata L.), native to Iran. Out of these, C. perangustum, C. basi-inflat...