Fungalpedia – Note 3196, Curvularia
Curvularia. Boedijn, Bull. Jard.
Citation when using this data: Jayawardena RS et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia.
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Classification: Pleosporaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
This is a species-rich genus which comprised of numerous pathogenic, saprobic and epiphytic fungi (Manamgoda et al. 2012a, b, 2015; Jayawardena et al. 2019). Phytopathogenic species have been recorded mostly on poaceous hosts as well as non-poaceous hosts. Several Curvularia spp. have also been reported as opportunistic human pathogens on immunocompromised patients (Madrid et al. 2014; Manamgoda et al. 2011, 2015; Danish Khan et al. 2017; Toth et al. 2020). There are more than 200 epithets recorded in Index Fungorum (2022a, b). To date, 130 species of Curvularia have been accepted within the genus (Ferdinandez et al. 2021).
Type species: Curvularia lunata (Wakker) Boedijn, Bull. Jard. bot. Buitenz, 3 Sér. 13(1): 127 (1933)
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Curvularia.
Figure 1 – Curvularia alcornii (USJCC–0088, new host and geographical record) a Seven-day old colony on PDA b Seven-day old colony on CMA c Seven-day old colony on MEA d, e Conidia attached to conidiophores f, g Conidia. Scale bars: d–g = 10 μm.
References
Danish Khan I, Makkar A, Malik A, Khan S, Mehdi I, Arif S, Aden D, Somayaji P, Roomi K 2017 – Curvularia keratomycosis after cataract surgery. J Arch Mil Med 5:e57331.
Ferdinandez HS, Manamgoda DS, Udayanga D, Deshappriya N, Munasinghe MS, Castlebury LA 2021 – Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal three novel species of Curvularia (Pleosporales, Pleosporaceae) associated with cereal crops and weedy grass hosts. Mycol Prog 20:431–451.
Jayawardena RS, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Ghobad-Nejhad M, Wanasinghe DN, Liu N, Phillips AJ, Oliveira-Filho JR, da Silva GA, Gibertoni TB, Abeywikrama P, Carris LM, Chethana KW, Dissanayake AJ, Hongsanan S, Jayasiri SC, McTaggart AR, Perera RH, Phutthacharoen K, Savchenko KG, Shivas RG, Thongklang N, Dong W, Wei D, Wijayawardena NN, Kang J 2019 – One stop shop II: taxonomic update with molecular phylogeny for important phytopathogenic genera: 26–50 (2019). Fungal Divers 94:41–129.
Madrid H, Da Cunha KC, Gene J, Dijksterhuis J, Cano J, Sutton DA, Guarro J, Crous PW 2014 – Novel Curvularia species from clinical specimens. Persoonia 33:48–60.
Manamgoda DS, Cai L, Bahkali AH, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD 2011 – Cochliobolus: an overview and current status of species. Fungal Divers 51:3–42.
Manamgoda DS, Cai L, McKenzie EHC, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD 2012a –Two new Curvularia species from northern Thailand. Sydowia 64:255–266.
Manamgoda DS, Cai L, McKenzie EH, Crous PW, Madrid H, Chukeatirote E, Shivas RG, Tan YP, Hyde KD 2012b – A phylogenetic and taxonomic re-evaluation of the Bipolaris–Cochliobolus Curvularia complex. Fungal Divers 56:131–144.
Manamgoda DS, Rossman AY, Castlebury LA, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD 2015 – A taxonomic and phylogenetic re-appraisal of the genus Curvularia (Pleosporaceae): human and plant pathogens. Phytotaxa 212:175–198.
Toth EJ, Varga M, Tako M, Homa M, Jager O, Hermesz E, Orvos H, Nagy G, Vagvolgyi C, Papp T 2020 – Response of human neutrophil granulocytes to the hyphae of the emerging fungal pathogen Curvularia lunata. Pathogens 9:235.
Entry by
Jayawardena Ruvishika Shehali, 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.
Published online 11 September 2026
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