Fungalpedia – Note 2772, Episternus
Episternus. Górz & Boroń.
Citation when using this data: Huang SK et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank
Classification: Zygospermellaceae, Sordariales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Known hosts and distribution: On legs of dung beetle (Onthophagus verticicornis) in Poland (type locality) (Górz and Boroń 2018).
Notes: Górz and Boroń (2018) found the hyphae arising from the surface of a dung beetle and has 1-septate, ovoid conidia. The monotypic Episternus was established as an epizoic fungus in Lasiosphaeriaceae based on LSU-SSU-ITS combined sequence data (Górz and Boroń 2018). In this study, the ex-type strain of E. onthophagi (KRAM F 58223) is basal to Zygospermella insignis and Ramophialophora petraea in Zygospermellaceae (100%ML/1.00PP).
Type species: Episternus onthophagi Górz & Boroń, Phytotaxa 376(1): 49 (2018).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Episternus.
References
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