Fungalpedia – Note 3193, Pseudosclerococcum
Pseudosclerococcum. Olariaga, Teres, J.M. Martín, M. Prieto & Baral.
Citation when using this data: Wenping Wu & Yongzhao Diao. 2023 – Fungalpedia.
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Classification: Incertae sedis, Sclerococcales, Sclerococcomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Ecology/Substrate/Host: Saprobe on rotten, decorticated log of Platanus hispanica.
Geographical distribution: Spain (Olariaga et al. 2019).
Description and illustration: Olariaga et al. (2019).
Notes: Pseudosclerococcum with apothecial ascomata is similar to Sclerococcum, but differs in having cylindrical asci embedded in an overall hemiamyloid gelatin with a fissitunicate dehiscence. Unlike Sclerococcum, Pseudosclerococcum golindoi produces a chalara-like asexual morph. This fungus brought into our consideration due to its morphologically similarity with Chalara phaeospora, both fungi produce cylindrical phialides, and aseptate, short-cylindrical or short-clavate, and pale brown conidia with truncated base and rounded apex (Kirk 1985; Olariaga et al. 2019). No living strain or DNA sequence was available for C. phaeospora, its phylogenetic relationship with Pseudosclerococcum and other chalara-like fungi remains to be studied in future.
Type species: Pseudosclerococcum golindoi Olariaga, Teres, J.M. Martín, M. Prieto & Baral, in Olariaga, Teres, Martín, Prieto & Baral, Mycol. Progr. 18(7): 898 (2019)
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Pseudosclerococcum.
References
Entry by
Wenping Wu, R&D Center, Novozymes China, No. 14 Xin Xi Lu, Shangdi Zone, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, People’s Republic of China
Published online 11 September 2026