Fungalpedia – Note 2252, Pseudocamaropycnis

 

Pseudocamaropycnis Crous

Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Mytilinidiaceae, Mytilinidiales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Crous & Groenewald (2016) introduced Pseudocamaropycnis based on molecular data. Pseudocamaropycnis is characterized by erumpent, black, elongated, lens-shaped conidiomata, hyaline, septate, branched paraphyses, phialidic conidiogenous cells with minute periclinal thickening and hyaline, cylindrical, straight biguttulate conidia (Crous & Groenewald 2016) Asexual morph in the Mytilinidiaceae are primarily coelomycetous and less frequently hyphomycetous (Lohman 1932, 1933a, b, Blackwell & Gilbertson 1985, Speer 1986). Commonly temperate in distribution, mytilinidioid fungi are found in association with wood, bark, resin, cones, scales, needles, seeds, and roots of gymnosperms (Boehm et al. 2009a). Pseudocamaropycnis pini is also identified from needles of Pinus elliotii. However, new collections are needed for this genus with their sexual morph representing the mytilinidioid form.

Type species: Pseudocamaropycnis pini Crous, Fungal Biology 120 (11): 1412 (2016).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Pseudocamaropycnis.

 

References

Blackwell M, Gilbertson RL. 1985 – Quasiconcha reticulata and its anamorph from conifer roots. Mycologia 77, 50–54.

Boehm EWA, Mugambi G, Miller AN, Huhndorf S et al. 2009a – A molecular phylogenetic reappraisal of the Hysteriaceae, Mytilinidiaceae and Gloniaceae (Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes) with keys to world species. Studies in Mycology 64, 49–83.

Crous PW, Groenewald JZ. 2016 – They seldom occur alone. Fungal Biology 120, 1392–1415.

Lohman ML. 1932 – Three new species of Mytilidion in the proposed subgenus Lophiopsis. Mycologia 24, 477–484.

Lohman ML. 1933a – Hysteriaceae: Life histories of certain species. Annual report of the Michigan Academy of Science 17, 229–288.

Lohman ML. 1933b – Septonema toruloideum: A stage of Mytilidion scolecosporum. Mycologia 25, 34–43.

Speer EO. 1986 – A propos de champignons du Brésil III. Mytilidion resinae sp. nov. (Hysteriales) et sa forme conidienne, Camaroglobulus resinae gen. et spec. nov. (Sphaeropsidales). Bulletin trimestriel de la Société mycologique de France 102, 97–100.

 

Entry by

Sinang Hongsanan, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand 

 

Published online 3 April 2026

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