Fungalpedia – Note 1211, Menisporopsis

 

Menisporopsis. S. Hughes.

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Chaetosphaeriaceae, Chaetosphaeriales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi 

Notes– Species of this hyphomycetous genus occur on decaying wood and leaf litter (Hughes & Kendrick 1968, Ruiz et al. 2001). The genus is characterised by synnematous conidiophores with a central, simple, subulate, tall seta, phialidic conidiogenous cells and appendaged conidia aggregated into a slimy mass (Ellis 1971, Tsui et al. 1999).

Type species: Menisporopsis theobromae S. Hughes, Mycol. Pap. 48: 59 (1952).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Menisporopsis.

 

References

Ellis MB. 1971 – Dematiaceous hyphomycetes. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey, England.

Hughes SJ, Kendrick WB. 1968 – New Zealand Fungi: 12. Menispora, Codinaea, Menisporopsi. New Zealand Journal of Botany 6, 323–375.

Ruiz RC, Iturriaga T, Saikawa M, Cano J, Guarro J. 2001 – The genus Menisporopsis in Venezuela with the addition of M. anisospora anam. sp. nov. from a palm tree. Cryptogamie Mycologie 22, 259–263.

Tsui CKM, Goh TK, Hyde KD, Hodgkiss IJ. 1999 – Reflections on Menisporopsis, with the addition of M. multisetulata sp. nov. from submerged wood in Hong Kong. Mycological Research 103, 148–152.

 

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China

 

Published online 28 February 2020

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