Fungalpedia – Note 2759, Bombardioidea
Bombardioidea. C. Moreau ex N. Lundq.
Citation when using this data: Huang SK et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.
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Classification: Bombardiaceae, Sordariales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Coprophilous. Sexual morph: Ascomata perithecial, superficial or semi-immersed, gregarious or scattered, ovoid to subglobose, coriaceous to membranaceous, dark brown to black, verrucose, ostiolate, with papilla. Peridium coriaceous, outer layer composed of amorphous brown to black material; middle layer composed of hyaline to brown cells of textura intricata, and dark brown, strongly tight cells of textura angularis; inner layer composed of hyaline cells of textura prismatica. Paraphyses filiform, septate. Asci 4–8-spored, unitunicate, ellipsoidal to cylindrical, pedicellate, usually with apical ring distinct, evanescent. Ascospores uni- or bi-seriate, ellipsoidal, ovoid or oblong, hyaline when young, becoming brown when mature, aseptate, verrucose, with a germ pore at each end, surrounded by a gelatinous sheath, guttulate. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous, phialophora-like. Conidiophores brown to dark brown, septate, branched, clusters of several phialides, producing conidia in chains or forming globose masses on the apex. Conidia numerous, aseptate, hyaline to pale brown, globose to subglobose (adapted from Niessl 1872; Moreau 1953; Lundqvist 1972).
Notes: Sordaria bombardioides was transferred to Bombardioidea as its generic type (Niessl 1872; Moreau 1953; Lundqvist 1972). Species of this genus are coprophilous usually reported on leporid dung (Lundqvist 1972; Krug and Scott 1994). Huhndorf et al. (2004b) sequenced Bombardioidea anartia and in this study, it is sister to Bombardia bombarda (100%/ML/1.00PP) in Bombardiaceae.
Type species: Bombardioidea bombardioides (Auersw.) in Lundqvist, Symb. bot. upsal. 20(no. 1): 277 (1972).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Bombardioidea.
Figure 1 – Bombardioidea bombardioides: a, b, e, f, h–j, n–p (S-F726); c, d, g, k–m (S- F729); r (redrawn from Krug and Scott 1994). a Herbarium material. b, c Ascomata on host. d Ascoma in cross section. e Ostiole with periphyses. f, g Peridium. h–k Asci. l–q Ascospores (arrowed: germ pore). r Conidiophores with conidia. Notes: Fig j–k. n–p stained in Congo red. Scale bars: c = 500 µm, d = 200 µm, f. g = 100 µm, e. h–k = 50 µm, l–q = 20 µm, r = 5 µm.
References
Lundqvist N 1972 – Nordic Sordariaceae s. lat. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 20:1–374.
Moreau C 1953 – Les genres Sordaria et Pleurage. Encyclopédie Mycologique 25:1–330.
Niessl G 1872 – Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Pilze. Beschreibung neuer und wenig bekannter Pilze. Verhandlungen Des Naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn 10:153–217.
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 online 18 June 2026