Fungalpedia – Note 1181, Cocoonihabitaceae
Cocoonihabitaceae W.Y. Zhuang & Z.Q. Zeng
Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.
Classification: Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Cocoon‐inhabiting. Sexual morph: Ascomata superficial, solitary to aggregated, each seated on host directly or on a small basal stroma, perithecial, coriaceous, pale orange to orange, not changing colour in 100% lactic acid and 3% KOH. Peridium usually composed of 3 layers. Asci cylindrical, with a thick cap at the apex penetrated by a narrow pore, short pedicellate. Ascospores filiform, hyaline, multiseptate. Asexual morph: Undetermined (adapted from Zhuang & Zeng 2017).
Notes: Cocoonihabitaceae was introduced as a result of the separate branching of two strains of a species, sister to species of Ophiocordycipitaceae and Flammocladiellaceae in a multi-gene phylogram (Zhuang & Zeng 2017). The species has long cylindrical asci with thick cap at the apex, penetrated by a narrow pore, characters which also exist in species belonging to Clavicipitaceae, Cordycipitaceae and Ophiocordycipitaceae. However, the characteristics of the ascomata, absence of stroma, ascospore features and habitats separated this new taxon from the other taxa. Therefore, Cocoonihabitaceae was introduced (Zhuang & Zeng 2017).
Type genus: Cocoonihabitus W.Y. Zhuang & Z.Q. Zeng.
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