Fungalpedia – Note 2210, Moromyces
Moromyces Abdel-Wahab, K.L. Pang, Nagah., Abdel-Aziz & E.B.G. Jones
Citation when using this data: Dayarathne MC et al. 2025 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1, 2
Classification: Incertae sedis, Lulworthiales, Lulworthiomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on submerged marine substrates. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphae septate, branched, superficial or immersed, pale-brown. Conidiophores absent. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic, integrated, terminal, determinate. Conidia dark-grey to fuscous, solitary, scattered or gregarious, muriform. Conidia initially spiral, but cell divisions in several planes, leads to a tangled knot of cells.
Notes: This is a marine monotypic asexual genus in the order Lulworthiales forming a sister clade to Lulwoana. The genus was introduced for the species Cumulospora varia, as it was distantly placed from the type species, Cumulospora marina (Abdel-Wahab et al. 2010).
Type species: Moromyces varius (Chatmala & Somrith.) Abdel-Wahab, K.L. Pang, Nagah., Abdel-Aziz & E.B.G. Jones.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Moromyces.
Figure 1 – Moromyces varius. a–j Variously shaped conidia at different stages of maturity. Scale bars: a–j = 10 μm
Figure 2 – Moromyces varius (BBH 34419, holotype). a Herbarium material. b Conidia on host surface. c–f Conidia at different stages of development. Scale bars: c–f = 10 μm.
References
Entry by
Monika Dayarathne, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
Published online 26 March 2026