Fungalpedia – Note 834, Coronophorella
Coronophorella. Höhn.
Citation when using this data: Huang SK et al. 2021 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Nitschkiaceae, Coronophorales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on wood. Sexual morph: Subiculum composed of numerous, brown to dark brown, branched, septate hyphae, with dichotomously branched, tapering ends. Ascomata scattered or gregarious, superficial, sitting in a subiculum, coriaceous, brown to black, globose to subglobose, the apex collapsing when dry, tuberculate, glabrous, lacking ostioles, with a central, conical Quellkörper touching the bottom of the locule. Peridium composed of membranaceous, brown to hyaline cells of textura angularis to textura prismatica, Munk pores present. Paraphyses absent. Asci 8-spored, arising from a hyaline placenta-like tissue, radially extending into the locule around the Quellkörper from the base, unitunicate, clavate to cylindrical, pedicellate, apex rounded, without apical ring, evanescent. Ascospores bi-seriate to overlapping, hyaline, reniform to allantoid, aseptate, smooth-walled, guttulate. Asexual morph: Undetermined (adapted from Penzig & Saccardo 1897, Subramanian & Sekar 1990).
Notes – The monotypic Coronophorella was initially placed in Coronophorales, and was considered to be a synonym of Nitschkia, Scortechinia and Tympanopsis based on morphology (Penzig & Saccardo 1897, von Arx & Müller 1954, Müller & Arx 1955, Nannfeldt & Santesson 1975). However, this genus was an independent branch of Scortechiniaceae in phylogenetic result (Mugambi & Huhndorf 2010). In this study, Coronophorella is basal to Biciliospora, Pseudocryptosphaerella, Scortechiniella and Scortechiniellopsis in Scortechiniaceae
Type species: Coronophorella chaetomioides (Penz. & Sacc.) Höhn., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 118: 1507 (1909).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Coronophorella.
References
Müller E, von Arx JA. 1955 – Einige Beiträge zur Systematik und Synonymie der Pilze. Phytopathologische Zeitschrift 24, 353–372.
Subramanian CV, Sekar G. 1990 – Coronophorales from India-a monograph. Kavaka 18, 19–90.
Entry by
Shi-Ke Huang, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China, The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou Province, China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, The Mushroom Research Centre, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Published online 14 September 2021