Fungalpedia – Note 1135, Calcarisporiaceae
Calcarisporiaceae Jing Z. Sun, X.Z. Liu & K.D. Hyde
Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Fungicolous, parasitic, endophytic or saprobic on higher ascomycetes and basidiomycetes, and leaves and branches of trees. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Conidiophores macronematous, mononematous, erect, unbranched or verticillate, branched hyaline, straight or flexuous. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic, polyblastic, discrete, subulate, hyaline. Conidia ovoid to ellipsoid, or acerose to narrowly obclavate, aseptate, hyaline, straight to curved (adapted from Sun et al. 2017).
Notes: Multi-gene analysis revealed that Calcarisporium species form a monophyletic lineage which is distinct from other families in Hypocreales. This family is distinguished from other families by its verticillate conidiophores with a narrow apical part and monoblastic to polyblastic, sympodial and denticulate conidiogenous cells at the apex (Sun et al. 2017). Calcarisporium arbuscula is illustrated in the entry.
Type genus: Calcarisporium Preuss , Linnaea 24: 124 (1851).
References
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