Fungalpedia – Note 2752, Anopodium
Anopodium. N. Lundq.
Citation when using this data: Huang SK et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.
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Classification: Lasiosphaeriaceae, Sordariales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Coprophilous. Sexual morph: Ascomata perithecial, scattered, semi-immersed, or erumpent through the bark of host, or superficial, globose, pale brown to dark brown, ostiolate, with black papilla, surrounded by setae. Peridium membranaceous, composed of hyaline to brown cells of textura angularis to textura prismatica. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, ellipsoidal, pedicellate, blunt at the apex. Ascospores subglobose to oval, collapsing when dry, aseptate, hyaline when young, becoming dark brown, smooth-walled, with an apical germ pore. Asexual morph: Undetermined (adapted from Lundqvist 1964a).
Notes: Anopodium was introduced by Lundqvist (1964a) with two species A. ampullaceum (type) and A. epile. This coprophilous genus is characterized by pale brown ascomata with black necks and ascospores with a pedicel at the end (Lundqvist 1964a). Anopodium epile differs from A. ampullaceum in having glabrous ascomata (Lundqvist 1964a). Kruys et al. (2014) sequenced A. ampullaceum.
Type species: Anopodium ampullaceum N. Lundq., Bot. Notiser 117: 356 (1964).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Anopodium.
Figure 1 – Anopodium ampullaceum: a, b, d, h, j–n (F 47944); c, e–g, i (F 66862). a Herbarium material. b, c Ascomata on host. d, e Ascoma in cross section. f Black neck in cross section. g Peridium. h–j Asci. k–n Ascospores (arrows show germ pores). Scale bars: b = 500 µm, c–e = 200 µm, f–g = 100 µm, h–j = 50 µm, k–n = 20 µm.
References
Lundqvist N 1964a – Anopodium, a new genus of coprophilous pyrenomycetes with apically pedicellate spores. Bot Notiser 117(4):355–365.
Entry by
Shi-Ke Huang, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China, The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou Province, 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, The Mushroom Research Centre, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Published online18 June 2026