Fungalpedia – Note 752, Neohelicosporium
Neohelicosporium Y.Z. Lu, J.C. Kang & K.D. Hyde
Citation when using this data: Karimi O et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1
Classification: Tubeufiaceae, Tubeufiales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Lu et al. (2018) introduced Neohelicosporium (Ne.), with Ne. parvisporum as the type species. Currently, there are 23 accepted species of Neohelicosporium listed in Species Fungorum (2024). Members of Neohelicosporium are reported as saprobes on decaying wood in freshwater habitats in China, India, Thailand, and the United States (Lu et al. 2018, Pem et al. 2024). To date, no species of this genus have been reported from peat swamp forests. In this study, we describe Ne. arecacearum and Ne. narathiwatense as novel species found on palm materials (Arecaceae) and report Ne. fusisporum as a new host record on Eleiodoxa conferta from the peat swamp forest in Thailand.
Type species: Neohelicosporium parvisporum Y.Z. Lu, J.C. Kang & K.D. Hyde.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Neohelicosporium.
Figure 1 – Neohelicosporium arecacearum (MFLU 24-0500, holotype). a Host. b Colonies on the natural substrate. c–f Conidiophores, conidiogenous cells and conidia. g–i Conidia. Scale bars: b = 150 μm, c = 70 μm, d = 50 μm, e = 30 μm, f, i = 60 μm, g = 55 μm, h = 45 μm.
References
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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