Fungalpedia – Note 2784, Neoschizothecium
Neoschizothecium. S.K. Huang & K.D. Hyde.
Citation when using this data: Huang SK et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Neoschizotheciaceae, Sordariales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on wood, coprophilous. Sexual morph: Ascomata perithecial, solitary, scattered or gregarious, superficial to semi-immersed, pyriform, olivaceous-brown to dark brown, semi-transparent, surrounded by pale brown hyphae, ostiolate, with papilla. Peridium comprising membranaceous, pale brown cells of textura angularis. Paraphyses cylindrical, septate. Asci 8–multi-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical, evanescent. Ascospores uni-seriate to irregularly arranged, ellipsoidal to broadly fusiform, aseptate, hyaline to dark brown, truncate at the base with a cylindrical, slender, hyaline pedicel, umbonate apex, verrucose, with an apical germ pore. Asexual morph: Undetermined (adapted from Corda 1838; Lundqvist 1972; Munngai et al. 2012; Wang et al. 2019).
Notes: Schizothecium was introduced by Corda (1838) and is typified by S. fimicola and has membranaceous ascomata and ascospores with lash-like caudae (Corda 1838; Lundqvist 1972; Hu et al. 2006; Mungai et al. 2012). The generic type, Schizothecium fimicola, was synonymized as Podospora fimicola based on the epitype strain S. fimicola (CBS 482.64), which nested in Podospora (Podosporaceae) (Wang et al. 2019; Index Fungorum 2020). Marin-Felix et al. (2020) established Schizotheciaceae and raised Schizothecium as its type genus; however, the generic type of Schizothecium has not been clarified. Currently, Schizothecium is a synonym of Podospora under Podosporaceae, whereas several Schizothecium species clustered in Schizotheciaceae (Marin-Felix et al. 2020; this study, 100%ML/1.00PP). In this study, a novel genus Neoschizothecium is therefore proposed to accommodate species in the Neoschizotheciaceae clade and is typified by Neo. curvisporum (see the combination list below). This genus nests in Neoschizotheciaceae (95%ML) and is distinct from Podospora in multi-gene analysis.
Type species: Neoschizothecium curvisporum (Cain) S.K. Huang & K.D. Hyde, comb. nov.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Neoschizothecium.
Figure 1 – Neoschizothecium conicum: a, b, e, h–l, p (F124745); c, d, f, g, m, n (S-F124742); o (redrawn from Fuckel 1870). a Herbarium material. b, c Ascoma on host. d Ascoma in cross section. e, f Peridium. g, h Wall structure around ostiole with periphyses. i–k Asci. l–p Ascospores; Neoschizothecium curvisporum: q, r (redrawn from Cain 1948). q Asci. r Ascospores. Scale bars: b. c = 500 µm, d = 200 µm, e–g. l–p = 20 µm, h–k = 50 µm, q. r = 10 µm.
References
Corda ACJ 1838 – Icones fungorum hucusque cognitorum. 2:1–43.
Index Fungorum 2020 – http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp.
Lundqvist N 1972 – Nordic Sordariaceae s. lat. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 20:1–374.
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