Fungalpedia – Note 1681, Harposporium

 

Harposporium Lohde, Tagbl. Versamml. Ges. Deutsch. Naturf. 47: 206 (1874)

Sordariomycetes, Hypocreomycetidae, Hypocreales, Clavicipitaceae

Index Fungorum number: IF 1724; 36 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2021), 9 species with sequence data.

Generic description: see Gam and Zare (2003).

Type species – Harposporium anguillulae Lohde

Notes: Most species in this genus were reported as pathogens of nematodes and sexual morphs of this genus are podocrella-like (Quandt et al. 2014, Spatafora et al. 2015). Species of the genus infect nematodes and rotifers and have ascospores breaking into lanceolate multi-septate part-spore, spherical or hirsutella-like conidiogenous cells, and crescent-shaped or helicoid conidia (Quandt et al. 2014, Spatafora et al. 2015) (Adopted from Hyde et al. 2020)

 

Other species: Harposporium anguillulae Lohde

Harposporium arcuatum G.L. Barron

Harposporium bredonense H.C. Evans & P.F. Whitehead

Harposporium cerberi W. Gams, K.T. Hodge & Viaene

Harposporium helicoides Drechsler

Harposporium multiformis Chun Y. Wang & K.Q. Zhang

Harposporium sinense Chun Y. Wang & K.Q. Zhang

Harposporium subuliforme Drechsler

Harposporium oxycoracum Drechsler

 

Reference

Gams W, Zare R. 2003 – A Taxonomic Review of the Clavicipitaceous anamorphs parasitizing Nematodes in White Jr, J.F., Bacon, C.W., Hywel-Jones, N.L. and Spatafora, J.W. eds., 2003. Clavicipitalean fungi: evolutionary biology, chemistry, biocontrol and cultural impacts (Vol. 19). CRC Press. p 39.

Hyde KD, Norphanphoun C, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Bhat D et al. 2020 – Refined families of Sordariomycetes. Mycosphere 11(1), 305–1059.

Quandt CA, Kepler RM, Gams W, Araújo et al. 2014 – Phylogenetic-based nomenclatural proposals for Ophiocordycipitaceae (Hypocreales) with new combinations in Tolypocladium. IMA Fungus 5, 121–134.

Spatafora JW, Quandt CA, Kepler RM, Sung GH, Shrestha B, Hywel-Jones NL et al. 2015 –New 1F1N species combinations in Ophiocordycipitaceae (Hypocreales). IMA fungus 6(2), 357–362.

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