Fungalpedia – Note 457, Bradymyces
Bradymyces Hubka, Réblová, Selbmann & M. Kolařík
Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Rock-inhabiting fungi.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1
Classification: Incertae sedis, Chaetothyriales, Chaetothyriomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
Bradymyces was introduced by Hubka et al. (2014) with B. alpinus and B. oncorhynchi as the type species based on the morphological and molecular characteristics (ITS and β-tubulin). Most Bradymyces have been associated with bare granite walls and rocks, whereas only B. alpinus is an opportunistic fish pathogen (Hubka et al. 2014, Reblova et al. 2016, Sun et al. 2020). In morphology shows septate mycelium with branched, melanized hyphae of two types (cylindrical and moniliform); blastic proliferation is present at the ends of moniliform hyphae, often swollen at the terminal cell with umbonate apex and conspicuously larger than the subterminal cell; dark brown uni- or multi-cellular bodies, develop in intercalar and terminal position on the hyphae with septa; globose or subglobose endoconidia, unicellular (Hubka et al. 2014). To date, this genus has consisted of five species that are mostly isolated from rocks.
Type species: Bradymyces oncorhynchi Hubka, Řehulka, Réblová & M. Kolařík
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Bradymyces
Figure 1 – Bradymyces oncorhynchi (CCF 4369, holotype). a-d Moniliform hyphae. e, f Endoconidia. Scale bars: a-f = 5 μm. Redrawn from Hubka et al. (2014).
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Priyashantha AKH, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
(Edited by Saowaluck Tibpromma, Samaneh Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani, & Achala R. Rathnayaka)
Published online 2 December 2024