Fungalpedia – Note 743, Longicorpus

 

Longicorpus S.N. Zhang, K.D. Hyde & J.K. Liu 

Citation when using this data: Karimi O et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index FungorumFacesoffungiMycoBankGenBank, Fig. 1

Classification: Striatiguttulaceae, PleosporalesPleosporomycetidaeDothideomycetesPezizomycotinaAscomycota, Fungi

Longicorpus (L.), was introduced by Zhang et al. (2019a), with L. striataspora as the type species, which was found as a saprobe on mangrove palm (Nypa fruticans). Currently, there is only one accepted species listed in Index Fungorum (2024). To date, no report of this genus has been documented from peat swamp forests. In this study, we found L. striataspora as a saprobe on submerged rachides of Eleiodoxa conferta in the peat swamp forest in Narathiwat, Thailand, and report this as a new host and habitat record.

Type species: Longicorpus striatisporus (K.D. Hyde) S.N. Zhang, K.D. Hyde & Jian K. Liu, MycoKeys 49: 118 (2019).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Longicorpus.

 

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Figure 1 – Longicorpus striataspora (MFLU 24-0486, a new host and habitat record). a Host. b Appearance of ascomata on natural substrate. c Pseudoparaphyses. d, e Asci. f–j Ascospores. k Germinated ascospore. l, m Colonies on the PDA. Scale bars: b = 250 μm, c = 5 μm, d = 20 μm, e, k = 30 μm, f–j= 15 μm. 

 

References

Zhang SN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Jeewon R, et al. 2019a – Striatiguttulaceae, a new pleosporalean family to accommodate Longicorpus and Striatiguttula gen. nov. from palms. MycoKeys 49, 99–129. 

 

Entry by

Omid Karimi, State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, 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 28 July 2025