Fungalpedia – Note 2782, Mollicamarops
Mollicamarops. Lar.N. Vassiljeva.
Citation when using this data: Huang SK et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Boliniaceae, Boliniales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on decorticated wood. Sexual morph: Ascostromata semi-immersed, irregular in shape, widely effuse, ochreous or fulvous. Ascomata black, ostiolar region conspicuously stellate to furrowed. Paraphyses numerous, filiform, sinuous. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical, apical ring indistinct, long pedicellate. Ascospores ellipsoidal, light brown to brown, aseptate, smooth-walled, with guttules. Asexual morph: Undetermined (adapted from Vasilyeva 2007).
Notes: The monotypic genus Mollicamarops is characterized by stellate, ostiolate ascomata, cylindrical asci and ellipsoidal, aseptate ascospores. It is similar to Camarops flava in having yellow to brown ascostromata and can be distinguished as the latter has astellate ostioles and ornamented ascospores (Samuels and Rogers 1987; Vasilyeva 2007). Therefore, we place Mollicamarops in Boliniaceae.
Type species: Mollicamarops stellata Lar.N. Vassiljeva, Mycotaxon 99: 160 (2007).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Mollicamarops.
Figure 1 – Neohypodiscus rickii: a, c, e, g, h (BPI-737826); b, d, f, i (BPI-802543); j, k (redrawn from Rogers et al. 1994b). a, b Herbarium material. c, d Ascostromata on host. e, f Ascostromata narrow to broad connection to substrate with veins. g–i Ascomata (h arrow indicates short umbilicate ostiole). j Ascospores with appendage at the ends. k Ascus with indistinct apical ring; Endoxyla macrostoma: l, m (redrawn from Untereiner 1993). l Ascus. m Ascospores; Mollicamarops stellata: n, o (redrawn from Vasilyeva 2007). n Ascus. o Ascospores; Pseudovalsaria foedans: p–q (redrawn from Spooner 1986). p Ascus. q Ascospores. Scale bars: c–f = 2 mm, g–i = 1 mm, j. m–n. q = 10 µm, k = 50 µm, l, p = 20 µm, o = 5 µm.
References
Entry by
Shi-Ke Huang, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China, The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou Province, 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, The Mushroom Research Centre, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Published online 18 June 2026