Fungalpedia – Note 1182, Cocoonihabitus
Cocoonihabitus W.Y. Zhuang & Z.Q. Zeng
Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Cocoonihabitaceae, Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
This monotypic genus was erected since the newly acquired strains of the freshly collected fungus, namely, Cocoonihabitus sinensis, clustered independently in the phylogenetic tree, apart from the other genera in other families (Zhuang & Zeng 2017). Cocoonihabitus sinensis shares morphological resemblance to taxa belonging to some genera in Clavicipitaceae and Ophiocordycepitaceae in terms of asci and ascospores. However, the ascomata of C. sinensis are astromatic and seated directly on the substrate, contrary to the ascomata of the species in the other genera of Clavicipitaceae and Ophiocordycepitaceae, which are mostly immersed or semiimmersed (Zhuang & Zeng 2017).
Type species: Cocoonihabitus sinensis W.Y. Zhuang & Z.Q. Zeng.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Cocoonihabitus.
Figure 1 – Cocoonihabitus sinensis (redrawn from Zhuang & Zeng 2017). a Perithecia on remaining leaf vein of a cocoon. b Cross-section of perithecium. c Ascus containing ascospores. d, e Disarticulated cells of ascospores. Scale bars: a = 250 µm, b, c = 20 µm, d, e = 10 µm.
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