Fungalpedia – Note 2162, Camarosporidiella

 

Camarosporidiella. Wanas., Wijayaw. & K.D. Hyde.

Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index FungorumFacesoffungiMycoBankGenBank, Fig 1

Classification: CamarosporidiellaceaePleosporalesPleosporomycetidaeDothideomycetesPezizomycotinaAscomycotaFungi

 

Notes – Camarosporidiella was established by Wanasinghe et al. 2017a) with C. caraganicola as the type species. Wanasinghe et al. (2017a) accepted 20 species in this genus based on morphological and multi-gene phylogenetic indications. Hyde et al. (20182019) added Camarosporidiella populina and C. mori which were collected from Russia. Species of Camarosporidiella are less-diverse and distributed throughout a broad range of environments especially in Northern Hemisphere. Camarosporidiella species are saprobes, endophytes or pathogens of a wide range of hosts (Wanasinghe et al. 2017a). Species identification based solely on morphology and plant host association is difficult since many species have overlapping characters. The genus is similar to other camarosporium-like genera and distinguishing these genera can be problematic (Wanasinghe et al. 2017a). LSU is useful for preliminary identification at the generic level. It is recommended to use a combination of ITS, LSU, SSU, and tef1 (Wanasinghe et al. 2017a).

 

Type species: Camarosporidiella caraganicola (Phukhams., Bulgakov & K.D. Hyde) Phukhams., Wanas. & K.D. Hyde, Stud. Mycol. 87: 220 (2017).

≡ Camarosporium caraganicola Phukhams., Bulgakov & K.D. Hyde, in Liu et al., Fungal Diversity 72: 156 (2015).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Camarosporidiella.

 

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Figure 1 – Camarosporidiella laburni (MFLU 15-2116). a Herbarium specimen. b Conidiomata on the host substrate. c Section through conidimata. d, e Conidia attached to conidiogenous cells. f Section through conidiomatal wall. g–k Conidia (k upper view). Germinating conidia. Scale bars: b = 1 mm, c = 200 μm, d = 100 μm, g = 50 μm, e, f, h–k = 20 μm, m = 20 μm, l = 10 μm.

 

References

Hyde KD, Chaiwan N, Norphanphoun C et al. 2018 – Mycosphere notes 169–224. Mycosphere 9, 71–430.

Hyde KD, Tennakoon DS, Jeewon R, Bhat DJ et al. 2019 – Fungal diversity notes 1036–1150: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 96, 1–242.

Wanasinghe DN, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Crous PW et al. 2017a – Phylogenetic revision of Camarosporium (Pleosporineae, Dothideomycetes) and allied genera. Studies in Mycology 87, 207–256.

 

Entry by

Sinang Hongsanan, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand

 

Published online 8 April 2026