Fungalpedia – Note 3162, Helicominopsis
Helicominopsis Deighton, Mycological Papers 78: 20 (1960).
Citation when using this data: Jian Ma et al. 2024 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
Notes: Helicominopsis was established and described by Deighton (1960), with H. fici as the type species. Helicogoosia comprises two species: H. clematidis and H. fici, which were found on leaves of Clematis grata and Ficus capensis in Africa and India (Deighton 1960; Sohi and Sharma 1966). Helicominopsis is characterized by subhyaline, septate, branched or unbranched conidiophores consisting of conspicuous scars, and are sometimes swollen at the apex, and subhyaline, smooth, subcylindrical, vermiform, spirally coiled, and rarely pleurogenous conidia (Deighton 1960; Sohi and Sharma 1966). Helicominopsis shares similarities with Helicomina caperoniae in having spirally coiled conidia, but Helicominopsis differs from Helicomina caperoniae in the thickness of the conidial scar and the presence of a superficial mycelial network from which the conidiophores arise (Olive 1948; Deighton 1960).
Type species: Helicominopsis fici Deighton, Mycological Papers 78: 21 (1960).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Helicominopsis.
Figure 1 – (a) Helicominopsis fici (redrawn from Seifert et al. (2011)); (b) Helicorhoidion botryoideum (redrawn from Seifert et al. (2011)); (c) Helicosingula leucadendri (redrawn from Seifert et al. (2011)); (d) Helicoubisia coronata (redrawn from Seifert et al. (2011)).
References
Deighton F, Pirozynski KA. 1966 – Microfungi II; Brooksia and Grallomyces; Acrogenotheca ornata sp. nov.; The genus Xenosporium. vol 105.
Olive LS. 1948 – Taxonomic notes on Louisiana fungi—I. Mycologia 40(1):6–20.
Entry by
Jian Ma, School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang 550003, P.R. 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.
Published online 11 September 2026