Fungalpedia – Note 1039, Neophaeococcomyces
Neophaeococcomyces Crous & M.J. Wingf
Citation when using this data: Tian Q et al. 2021 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Incertae sedis, Chaetothyriales, Chaetothyriomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on dead bark of plants in terrestrial habitats. Colonies lacking mycelium but comprising a globular mass of chlamydospore-like cells. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: hyphomycetous. Chlamydospore-like cells globose, hyaline to brown, covered in mucus, aseptate, thin-walled, remaining attached to one another, through younger end cells at the colony margin. Conidia ellipsoid to globose, hyaline, thin-walled, covered in mucus, smooth-walled (Crous et al. 2015a).
Notes: Neophaeococcomyces Crous & M.J. Wingf. was introduced by Crous et al. (2015a) with the type species N. aloes (Crous & M.J. Wingf.) Crous & M.J. Wingf. based on phylogenetic analysis and unique morphological characters as compared to Phaeococcomyces de Hoog. The colonies of Neophaeococcomyces have chains of brown, budding cells that frequently remain attached (Moreno-Rico et al. 2014, Crous et al. 2015a).
Type species: Neophaeococcomyces aloes (Crous & M.J. Wingf.) Crous & M.J. Wingf., Persoonia 35: 287 (2015).
≡ Phaeococcomyces aloes Crous & M.J. Wingf., Persoonia 31: 237 (2013).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Neophaeococcomyces.
Figure 1 – Neophaeococcomyces aloes (CBS 136431, ex-type. redrawn from Crous et al. 2015a). a–c Conidia and chlamydospore-like cells remaining attached to one another. Scale bars: a–c =10 µm.
References
Entry by
Qing Tian, 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 16 December 2021