Fungalpedia – Note 2740, Everniicola
Everniicola D. Hawksw.
Citation when using this data: Meng QF et al. – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Ascomycota genera incertae sedis, Fungi.
Everniicola was introduced by Hawksworth (1982d) to describe the lichenicolous coelomycete E. flexispora, which grows on Evernia prunastri. This genus is characterized by uniloculate, scattered, subglobose to cupuliform, immersed brown conidiomata with an ostiole. The conidiogenous cells are enteroblastic, acrogenous, subglobose or short ampulliform, phialidic, non-proliferating, and hyaline. The conidia are subcylindrical, often L-shaped, hyaline, 0–2-septate, and smooth. Originally placed in Sphaeropsidales by Hawksworth (1982d), Everniicola is now considered in Ascomycota genus incertae sedis due to insufficient molecular data, leaving its phylogenetic status uncertain (Hyde et al. 2024).
Type species: Everniicola flexispora D. Hawksw., on Evernia prunastri (Hawksworth 1982d).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Everniicola.
Figure 1 – Everniicola flexispora redrawn from Hawksworth (1982d). a Hyphae ramifying amongst host tissues. b Surface view of pycnidial wall cells. c Conidiogenous cells with attached conidia. d Conidia. Scale bar: a–d = 10 μm.
References
Entry by
Meng QF, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand and School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou 563000, China.
Published online 23 July 2026