Fungalpedia – Note 3192, Rhopalophora

 

Rhopalophora. Réblová, Unter. & W. Gams.

Citation when using this data: Wenping Wu & Yongzhao Diao. 2023  – Fungalpedia.

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Classification: Dactylosporaceae, Sclerococcales, Sclerococcomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Lignicolous. Anamorph: Conidiophores pale brown, unbranched, macronematous, often reduced to phialides arising directly from undifferentiated hyphae, sometimes regenerating percurrently. Conidiogenous cells phialidic, light brown and paler toward the tip, integrated, subcylindrical, sometimes proliferating sympodially, tapering slightly toward the collarette; collarettes slightly divergent. Conidia hyaline, aseptate, clavate, truncate at the base, arranged in chains or heads. Teleomorph: Unknown.

Ecology/Substrate/host: Saprobes and lignicolous.

Geographical distribution: Widely distributed.

Description and illustration: Réblová et al. (2016).

 

Type species: Rhopalophora clavispora (W. Gams) Réblová, Unter. & W. Gams, Mycol. Progr. 16(1): 35 (2016)

 

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Rhopalophora.

 

References

Réblová, M., Untereiner, W.A., Štěpánek, V. et al. 2016 – Disentangling Phialophora section Catenulatae: disposition of taxa with pigmented conidiophores and recognition of a new subclass, Sclerococcomycetidae (Eurotiomycetes). Mycol Progress 16, 27–46.

 

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

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