Fungalpedia – Note 1167, Corynascella

 

Corynascella Arx & Hodges

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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

Corynascella was introduced by von Arx (1975) to accommodate the single species C. humicola, in which the ascospores have strikingly thickened walls around the germ pores. This genus was shown to cluster in a separate branch in phylogenetic analysis (van den Brink et al. 2012, Maharachchikumbura et al. 2015, Wang et al. 2016a, 2019b). The genus is characterised by superficial, sphaerical, cleistothecial ascomata, covered with dark, septate, appendage-like hairs, broadly clavate or obovate, thin-walled, evanescent asci and ellipsoidal, sphaerical or reniform, 1- celled ascospores, rounded at the ends and with a large de Bary bubble, and 2(-4) apical germ pores (von Arx 1975).

Type species: Corynascella humicola Arx & Hodges.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Corynascella.

 

References

Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2015 – Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 72, 199–301.

van den Brink J, Samson RA, Hagen F, Boekhout T, de Vries RP. 2012 – Phylogeny of the industrial relevant, thermophilic genera Myceliophthora and Corynascus. Fungal Diversity 52, 197–207.

von Arx JA. 1975 – On Thielavia and some similar genera of Ascomycetes. Studies in Mycology 8, 1–31.

Wang XW, Houbraken J, Groenewald JZ, Meijer M et al. 2016a – Diversity and taxonomy of Chaetomium and chaetomium-like fungi from indoor environments. Studies in Mycology 84, 145–224.

Wang XW, Yang FY, Meijer M, Kraak B et al. 2019b – Redefining Humicola sensu stricto and related genera in the Chaetomiaceae. Studies in Mycology 93, 65–153.

 

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

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