Fungalpedia – Note 2707, Scolecofusarium
Scolecofusarium L. Lombard, Sand.-Den. & Crous.
Citation when using this data: Meng QF et al. – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Nectriaceae, Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
Scolecofusarium was introduced by Crous et al. (2021a) to accommodate S. ciliatum, a species originally described as Tubercularia ciliata by von Albertini et al. (1805). The lichenicolous species Fusarium peltigerae Westend., found on Peltigera, was later synonymized with S. ciliatum (Westendorp et al. 1849). This genus is characterized by red perithecia that produce cylindrical asci containing ellipsoidal, 1-septate, finely spinulose ascospores. Its asexual morph exhibits fusarioid features, with monophialides producing slender, nearly cylindrical macroconidia from aerial conidiophores and pink to salmon-colored sporodochia (Crous et al. 2021a). Notably, Scolecofusarium lacks of both microconidia and chlamydospores.
Type species: Scolecofusarium ciliatum (Alb. & Schwein.) L. Lombard, Sand.-Den. & Crous (Crous et al. 2021a).
= Tubercularia ciliata Alb. & Schwein.
= Fusarium peltigerae Westend., on Peltigera.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Scolecofusarium.
Figure 1 – Scolecofusarium ciliatum redrawn from Crous et al. (2021a). a Ascomata. b Asci. c Ascospores. d Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. e Conida. Scale bars: a = 100 μm, b, d, e = 10 μm, c = 5 μm.
References
Crous PW, Lombard L, Sandoval-Denis M, Seifert KA et al. 2021a – Fusarium: more than a node or a foot-shaped basal cell. Stud Mycol 98, 100116.
von Albertini JB, von Schweinitz LD 1805 – Conspectus fungorum in Lusatiae Superioris agro Niskiensi crescentium, e methodo Persooniana. sumtibus Kummerianis, 1–376.
Westendorp G, Wallays A. 1849 – Herbier cryptogamique ou collection des plantes cryptogames et agames qui croissent en Belgique. Herb. Crypt. Belg. 9, 414.
Entry by
Meng QF, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand and School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou 563000, China.
Published online 16 July 2026