Fungalpedia – Note 1244, Acidomyces

 

Acidomyces B.J. Baker, M.A. Lutz, S.C. Dawson, P.L. Bond & Banfield ex Selbmann, de Hoog & De Leo

Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Teratosphaeriaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Baker et al. (2004) introduced Acidomyces but the name was invalid (Art. 35.1; Index Fungorum 2020). Hence, Selbmann et al. (2008) validated the genus. Hujslová et al. (2013) accepted the genus as in Teratosphaeriaceae but Quaedvlieg et al. (2014) did not include the genus in their phylogenetic analyses. See description and illustration in Selbmann et al. (2008), Hujslová et al. (2013).

Type species: Acidomyces acidophilus (Sigler & J.W. Carmich.) Selbmann, de Hoog & De Leo, Stud. Mycol. 61: 17 (2008). 

≡ Scytalidium acidophilum Sigler & J.W. Carmich., Can. J. Microbiol. 20(2): 267 (1974).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Acidomyces.

 

References

Baker BJ, Lutz MA, Dawson SC, Bond PL, Banfield JF. 2004 – Metabolically active eukaryotic communities in extremely acidic mine drainage. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70, 6264–6271.

Quaedvlieg W, Binder M, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA et al. 2014 – Introducing the consolidated species concept to resolve species in the Teratosphaeriaceae. Persoonia 33, 1–40.

Hujslová M, Kubátová A, Kostovčík M, Kolařík M. 2013 – Acidiella bohemica gen. et sp. nov. and Acidomyces spp. (Teratosphaeriaceae), the indigenous inhabitants of extremely acidic soils in Europe. Fungal Diversity 58, 33–45.

Selbmann L, De Hoog GS, Zucconi L, Isola D et al. 2008 – Drought meets acid: three new genera in a dothidealean clade of extremotolerant fungi. Studies in Mycology 61, 1–20.

 

Entry by

Sinang Hongsanan, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand 

 

Published online 3 April 2026

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