Fungalpedia – Note 1158, Chadefaudiella

 

Chadefaudiella Faurel & Schotter

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

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Classification: Chadefaudiellaceae, Microascales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Chadefaudiella is placed in the Chadefaudiellaceae, Microascales because it produces asci in chains and has other characteristics of Microascaceae taxa. The ascospore wall of C. quezelii is striate and non-dextrinoid (Locquin-Linard 1973, 1975). Usually Chadefaudiella species are saprobic on mammalian dung and was found on Gazelle dung from Koudou, Chad (Africa) (Benny & Kimbrough 1980). The genus is characterized by large elongate or hemisphaerical, pale yellow to brown, carbonaceous ascomata, which are immersed at the base, and lack ostioles. The peridium is composed of cells of textura angularis embedded in the substrate and an aerial “capillitium”. Asci are 8-spored, globose and evanescent. Ascospores are aseptate, fusiform, thick, striate and do not turn reddish-brown in Melzer’s reagent (non dextrinoid). The asexual morph is undetermined (Benny & Kimbrough 1980, Maharachchikumbura et al. 2016b).

Type species: Chadefaudiella quezelii Faurel & Schotter.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Chadefaudiella.

 

References

Benny GL, Kimbrough JW. 1980 – A synopsis of the orders and families of Plectomycetes with keys to genera. Mycotaxon 12, 1–91.

Locquin-Linard M. 1973 – Recherches sur la famille des Chadefaudiellacées et considérations sur ses affinités systématiques (Doctoral dissertation).

Locquin-Linard M. 1975 – Faurelina, nouveau genre d’Ascomycètes (Chadefaudiellaceae). Rev Mycol 39, 125–129.

Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2016b – Families of Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 79, 1–317.

 

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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