Fungalpedia – Note 2765, Corylomyces

 

Corylomyces. Stchigel, M. Calduch & Guarro.

Citation when using this data: Huang SK et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1

Classification: Lasiosphaeriaceae, Sordariales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Saprobic on wood. Sexual morph: Ascomata perithecial, gregarious, superficial, pyriform to subglobose, olivaceous-yellow to olive, tomentose, ostiolate, with long necks, surrounded by hairs. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical, pedicellate, evanescent. Ascospores uni-seriate, reniform, 0–1-septate, hyaline to dark brown, with an apical, umbonate germ pore. Asexual morph: Undetermined (adapted from Stchigel et al. 2006).

Notes: The monotypic Corylomyces was reported on hazelnut and is placed in Lasiosphaeriaceae based on the LSU sequence data (Stchigel et al. 2006). Marin-Felix et al. (2020) recognized that Corylomyces clustered with Lasiosphaeriaceae s. str. clade in LSU-ITS-RPB2-TUB sequence analysis. In this study, the ex-type of C. selenosporus (CBS 113930) is sister to Cercophora sparsa in Lasiosphaeriaceae clade I (89%ML).

Type species: Corylomyces selenosporus Stchigel, M. Calduch & Guarro [as ‘selenospora’], in Stchigel, Cano, Miller, Calduch & Guarro, Mycol. Res. 110(11): 1362 (2006).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Corylomyces.

 

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Figure 1 – Corylomyces selenosporus: a (redrawn from Stchigel et al. 2006). a Ascospores; Diplogelasinospora princeps: b (redrawn from Cain 1961). b Ascospores; Zopfiella tabulata: c (redrawn from Winter 1884). c Ascospores. Scale bars: a–c = 10 µm.

 

References

Marin-Felix Y, Miller AN, Cano-Lira JF et al 2020 – Re-evaluation of the order Sordariales: Delimitation of Lasiosphaeriaceae s. str., and introduction of the new families Diplogelasinosporaceae, Naviculisporaceae, and Schizotheciaceae. Microorganisms 8(9):1430.

Stchigel AM, Cano J, Miller AN et al 2006 – Corylomyces: a new genus of Sordariales from plant debris in France. Mycol Res 110(11):1361–1368.

 

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 18 June 2026

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