Fungalpedia – Note 2515, Proliferophorum

 

Proliferophorum. G.N. Wang, Huang Zhang, K.D. Hyde & Senan.

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank

Classification: Incertae sedis, Diaporthomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Proliferophorum Wang et al. was introduced by Phookamsak et al. (2019) with a single species, Proliferophorum thailandicum collected from a freshwater habitat in Thailand. The genus is characterized by macronematous, mononematous, unbranched, septate conidiophores, holoblastic, polyblastic, terminal, sympodial conidiogenous cells and fusiform to cylindrical, septate, brown conidia. Proliferophorum is morphologically similar to Minimelanolocus, however, Proliferophorum is distinct by the conidiophores with few upper guttulate cells and conidia with obvious droplets (Phookamsak et al. 2019) and they are separate in two different class, Eurotiomycetes and Sordariomycetes, respectively. Proliferophorum formed a distinct clade sister to Phomatosporales and Amplistromatales within Diaporthomycetidae when it was introduced (Phookamsak et al. 2019). However, the morphology of Proliferophorum does not match with either, therefore, it is placed in Diaporthomycetidae genera incertae sedis. This genus was not included in any later phylogenetic studies. In our phylogenetic analysis, Proliferophorum and Platytrachelon clustered together with low support, and divergence time estimates showed that the stem age of Proliferophorum is around 76 MYA, which falls within the family range (50–130 MYA). This indicates that this genus can be rise to the family level. However, due to its unstable phylogenetic relationships, we, therefore, keep this genus in Diaporthomycetidae genera incertae sedis. Furthermore, additional collections and phylogenetic studies are recommended to resolve the placement of this genus. 

 

Type species: Proliferophorum thailandicum G.N. Wang, Huang Zhang, K.D. Hyde & Senan., in Phookamsak et al., Fungal Diversity 95: 131 (2019).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Proliferophorum.

 

References

Phookamsak R, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Bhat DJ, Jones EBG, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Raspé O, Karunarathna SC, Wanasinghe DN, Hongsanan S, Doilom M, Tennakoon DS, Machado AR, Firmino AL, Ghosh A, Karunarathna A, Mešić A, Dutta AK, Thongbai B, Devadatha B, Norphanphoun C, Senwanna C, Wei DP, Pem D, Ackah FK, Wang GN, Jiang HB, Madrid H, Lee HB, Goonasekara ID, Manawasinghe IS, Kušan I, Cano J, Gené J, Li JF, Das K, Acharya K, Raj KNA, Latha KPD, Chethana KWT, He MQ, Dueñas M, Jadan M, Martín MP, Samarakoon MC, Dayarathne MC, Raza M, Park MS, Telleria MT, Chaiwan N, Matočec N, de Silva NI, Pereira OL, Singh PN, Manimohan P, Uniyal P, Shang QJ, Bhatt RP, Perera RH, Alvarenga RLM, Nogal-Prata S, Singh SK, Vadthanarat S, Oh SY, Huang SK, Rana S, Konta S, Paloi S, Jayasiri SC, Jeon SJ, Mehmood T, Gibertoni TB, Nguyen TTT, Singh U, Thiyagaraja V, Sarma VV, Dong W, Yu XD, Lu YZ, Lim YW, Chen Y, Tkalčec Z, Zhang ZF, Luo ZL, Daranagama DA, Thambugala KM, Tibpromma S, Camporesi E, Bulgakov TS, Dissanayake AJ, Senanayake IC, Dai DQ, Tang LZ, Khan S, Zhang H, Promputtha I, Cai L, Chomnunti P, Zhao RL, Lumyong S, Boonmee S, Wen TC, Mortimer PE, Xu JC 2019 – Fungal diversity notes 929–1035: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungi. Fungal Divers 95:1–273.

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Research Centre of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Ultilization, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Innovative Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, PR China

 

Published online 28 May 2026

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