Fungalpedia – Note 1136, Calcarisporium

 

Calcarisporium Preuss

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

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1

Classification: Calcarisporiaceae, Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Calcarisporium occurs on Pezizaceae (Preuss 1851), Russulaceae (Anke & Sterner 1988) and Cordyceps (Sun et al. 2016, 2019), and litter leaf (Somrithipol & Jones 2006). Species are distinguished by hyaline, erect, verticillate conidiophores with sympodial and denticulate, polyblastic conidiation.

Type species: Calcarisporium arbuscula Preuss, Linnaea 24: 124 (1851).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Calcarisporium.

 

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Figure 1 – Calcarisporium arbuscula (redrawn from de Hoog (1974) and Sun et al. (2017)). a Conidiophore at low magnification. b Tip of conidiophore. c Conidiophores with conidia. d Conidiophores without conidia. e Conidiogenous scars and conidia. f Conidia. Scale bars: a = 100 µm, b-f = 10 µm.

 

References

Anke H, Sterner O. 1988 – Transformation of isovelleral by the parasitic fungus Calcarisporium arbuscula. Phytochemistry 27, 2765–2767.

de Hoog GS. 1974 – The genera Blastobotrys, Sporothrix, Calcarisporium and Calcarisporiella gen. nov. Studies in Mycology 7, 1–84.

Preuss CGT. 1851 – Übersicht untersuchter Pilze, besonders aus der Umgegend von Hoyerswerda. Linnaea 24, 99–153.

Somrithipol S, Jones EBG. 2006 – Calcarisporium phaeopodium sp. nov., a new hyphomycete from Thailand. Sydowia 58, 133–140.

Sun JZ, Dong CH, Liu XZ, Liu JK, Hyde KD. 2016 – Calcarisporium cordycipiticola sp. nov., an important fungal pathogen of Cordyceps militaris. Phytotaxa 268, 135–144. 

Sun JZ, Liu XZ, Hyde KD, Zhao Q et al. 2017 – Calcarisporium xylariicola sp. nov. and introduction of Calcarisporiaceae fam. nov. in Hypocreales. Mycological Progress 16, 433– 445.

Sun JZ, Liu XZ, McKenzie EHC, Jeewon R et al. 2019 – Fungicolous fungi: terminology, diversity, distribution, evolution, and species checklist. Fungal Diversity 95, 337–430.

 

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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