Fungalpedia – Note 388, Acidothrix

 

Acidothrix Hujslová & M. Kolařík

Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Amplistromataceae, Amplistromatales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.

Based on phylogenies of LSU analyses and morphological studies, Acidothrix was established in Amplistromataceae by Hujslova et al. (2014) to accommodate the type species Acidothrix acidophila. Acidothrix is characterized by hyphomycetes morph, sporulation abundant, on acidic medium compact, centrally forming funicules, white, powdery; acrodontium–like conidiophores, semimacronematous or macronematous; single conidia, globose, or ellipsoidal to lacrimose, with hilum (Hujslova et al. 2014). No other species have been introduced to this genus, which remains monotypic.

Type species: Acidothrix acidophila Hujslová & M. Kolařík 2014

Other accepted species: This genus is monotypic.

Figure 1 – Acidothrix acidophila. a, c Conidiophores and conidia. b Conidia globose, elipsoidal or lacrimose with hilum. d Conidia proliferating by hyphae and bearing other conidia. Scale bars: a-d = 10 µm. Redrawn from Hujslova et al. (2014). 

 

Reference

Hujslová M, Kubátová A, Kostovčík M, Blanchette RA, et al. 2014– Three new genera of fungi from extremely acidic soils. Mycological progress 13, 819831.

 

Entry by

Du TY, Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, China; Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.

 

(Edited by Saowaluck Tibpromma, Samaneh Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani, & Achala R. Rathnayaka)

 

Published online 26 November 2024