Fungalpedia – Note 806, Pustulipora
Pustulipora P.F. Cannon
Citation when using this data: Huang SK et al. 2021 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1e–f
Classification: Ceratostomataceae, Melanosporales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on wood. Sexual morph: Ascomata perithecial, superficial, globose to subglobose, gregarious, brown to dark brown, membranaceous, covered by white tomentum, ostiolate. Peridium membranaceous, composed of yellow to pale brown cells of textura angularis. Asci 4-spored, clavate to obovoid, evanescent. Ascospores bi-seriate, brown, ellipsoidal to citriform, usually umbonate and truncate at both ends, smooth-walled, with a germ pore at each end, sometimes surrounded by hyaline cushion-like structures. Asexual morph: Undetermined (adapted from Cannon 1982).
Notes – The monotypic genus Pustulipora was introduced by Cannon (1982) and typified by P. corticola. This species was considered as Melanospora theleboloides (Fig. 1a–d). However, Cannon (1982) stated that P. corticola is different from M. theleboloides with glabrous ascomata, whereas, the former has tomentose ascomata.
Type species: Pustulipora corticola P.F. Cannon, Mycotaxon 15: 526 (1982).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Pustulipora.
Figure 1 – Melanospora theleboloides: a–d (G-326774/1-G00127866, holotype). a Material. b Crushed ascomata. c Immature asci. d ascospores; Pustulipora corticola: e–f (redrawn from Cannon 1982). e Ascus. f Ascospores; Erythrocarpon microstomum: g–k (redrawn from Zukal 1885). g Ascoma cross section. h Ascus. i Ascospores. j–k Two types of conidiophores with conidia; Microthecium zobelii: l (redrawn from Corda 1842, Udagawa & Cain 1969). l Ascospores. Microthecium foveolatum: m–n (redrawn from Hawksworth & Udagawa 1977). m Ascospores with irregular ridges. n Conidiophores with conidia. Scale bars: g = 200 µm, b = 100 µm, e, k = 50 µm, c–d, f, h, j, l = 20 µm, i, m–n = 10 µm.
References
Cannon PF. 1982 – Pustulipora, a new genus of the Melanosporaceae. Mycotaxon 15, 523–528.
Corda ACJ. 1842 – Icones fungorum hucusque cognitorum. Prague 5, 1–92.
Hawksworth DL, Udagawa S. 1977 – Contributions to a monograph of Microthecium. Transactions of the Mycological Society of Japan 18, 143–154.
Zukal H. 1885 – Ueber einige neue Pilze, Myxomyceten und Bakterien. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 35, 333–342.
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 14 September 2021