Fungalpedia – Note 1844, Cocoicola
Cocoicola. K.D. Hyde.
Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Phaeochoraceae, Phyllachorales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes – Cocoicola was introduced by Hyde (1995a) to accommodate C. cylindrospora (= Anthostomella cylindrospora) and C. fusispora (= A. fusispora). Currently, Cocoicola contains five species, which were found from palms. They are characterized by strongly flattened ascomata, clustered around a central ostiole, or with a series of separate ostioles and surrounded by a stroma, visible as ostiolar dots and present pale brown blister-like regions on the host surface. The ascospores are cylindrical to fusiform, yellow to olivaceous, aseptate, with longitudinal striations. Cocoicola is similar to Serenomyces by striated ascospores. However, they are distinct as the latter has exclusively uniloculate ascomata with elongated necks. Serenomyces californica was synonymized as Cocoicola californica because of its fusiform ascospores and multi-ostiolate ascomata lacking necks (Hyde 1995a).
Type species: Cocoicola cylindrospora (C. Booth & D.E. Shaw) K.D. Hyde.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Cocoicola.
References
Hyde KD. 1995a – Fungi from palms. XVI. Cocoicola gen. nov. Nova Hedwigia 60, 559–604.
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