Microdochiaceae Hern.-Restr., Crous & J.Z.Groenew.
Microdochium ratticaudae Steinrucken, Vitelli, Holdom, Y.P.Tan & R.G.Shivas , legitimate, scientific
Crous, P.W., Cowan, D.A., Maggs-Kölling, G. et al. (13 July 2021), Fungal Planet description sheets: 1182–1283. Persoonia 46: 483, "Colour illustrations." [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Typus. Australia, Queensland, Taunton, Williams Way, S24°26'58.0"E151°47'05.6", from stem of Sporobolus natalensis (Poaceae), 15 May 2018, J.S. Vitelli (holotype BRIP 68298, includes ex-type culture ...)"
  • Text: Fungal Planet description sheet 1260, with authors indicated as “Steinrucken, T.V., Vitelli, J.S., Holdom, D., Tan, Y.P. & Shivas, R.G.”
  • Text: identifier: MB 838488
  • Text: DNA sequences: from culture ex-type: GenBank MW481661 (ITS), MW481666 (LSU), MW626890 (rpb2).
  • Etymology: "After the common name of the host plant, giant rat’s tail grass, from which the fungus was collected."
AusFungi (2023), AusFungi: - FungI [secondary reference]