Fungalpedia – Note 2728, Caeruleoconidia
Caeruleoconidia Zhurb. & Diederich.
Citation when using this data: Meng QF et al. – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Ascomycota genera incertae sedis, Fungi.
= Caeruleoconidia Zhurb. & Diederich.
Caeruleoconidia was first introduced by Zhurbenko et al. (2015d) to accommodate the type species C. ochrolechiae, which grows on the thallus and apothecia of Ochrolechia pseudopallescens. However, its nomenclature was not formally validated until Zhurbenko et al. (2017b) reintroduced the genus.
This genus is characterized by pycnidioid or sporodochioid, pulvinate conidiomata, often accompanied by a lateral, ring-like rudimentary wall. The conidiomata are blackish and stromatic in structure. Conidiophores are hyaline to bluish-green, composed of vertically elongated cells, and densely aggregated. The conidia are holoblastic, bluish-green, subglobose, smooth-walled, and 0–1-septate (Zhurbenko et al. 2015d).
To date, three species are recognized in this genus. Due to the lack of molecular data, the phylogenetic placement of Caeruleoconidia remains unresolved.
Type species: Caeruleoconidia ochrolechiae Zhurb. & Diederich.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Caeruleoconidia.
Figure 1 – Caeruleoconidia ochrolechiae redrawn from Zhurbenko et al. (2015d). a Conidiomata on host. b Conidia. Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b = 5 μm.
References
Entry by
Meng QF, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand and School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou 563000, China.
Published online 22 July 2026