Fungalpedia – Note 1150, Berkeleyomyces

 

Berkeleyomyces W.J. Nel, Z.W. de Beer, T.A. Duong & M.J. Wingf.

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Ceratocystidaceae, Microascales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Berkeleyomyces was introduced with two species, B. basicola and B. rouxiae (Nel et al. 2018). The type species which was previously identified as Thielaviopsis basicola has a chaotic taxonomic history and was classified in several genera (Ferraris 1912, Carmichael et al. 1980, Crane & Miller 2016, Nel et al. 2018). It was treated in Berkeleyomyces by Nel et al. (2018) based on phylogenetic analyses and morphology. The fungus is an important plant pathogen which causes serious black root rot of numerous plants such as tobacco and groundnuts (Geldenhuis et al. 2006, Coumans et al. 2011).

Type species: Berkeleyomyces basicola (Berk. & Broome) W.J. Nel, Z.W. de Beer, T.A. Duong & M.J. Wingf.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Berkeleyomyces.

 

References

Carmichael JW, Kendrick WB, Conners IL, Sigler L. 1980 – Genera of Hyphomycetes. The University of Alberta Press.

Coumans JW, Harvey J, Backhouse D, Poljak A et al. 2011 – Proteomic assessment of host ‐associated microevolution in the fungus Thielaviopsis basicola. Environmental Microbiology 13, 576–588.

Crane JL, Miller AN. 2016 – Studies in genera similar to Torula: Bahusaganda, Bahusandhika, Pseudotorula, and Simmonsiella gen. nov. IMA Fungus 7, 29–45.

Ferraris TA. 1912 – Fungi: Hyphales. Flora Italica Cryptogamica Pars I: Fungi, Italy, Rocca S. Casciano 233–234.

Geldenhuis MM, Roux J, Cilliers AJ, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. 2006 – Clonality in South African isolates and evidence for a European origin of the root pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola. Mycological Research 110, 306–311.

Nel WJ, Duong TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, de Beer ZW. 2018 – A new genus and species for the globally important, multihost root pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola. Plant pathology 67, 871–882.

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China

 

Published online 28 February 2020

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