Fungalpedia – Note 1223, Sporoschisma

 

Sporoschisma. Berk. & Broome.

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Chaetosphaeriaceae, Chaetosphaeriales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi 

Notes– The hyphomycetous genus Sporoschisma has cosmopolitan distribution (Goh et al. 1997, Ho et al. 2001, 2002, Zelski et al. 2014, Luo et al. 2016, Yang et al. 2016a). Species of the genus mostly occur on submerged wood in freshwater habitats, while some species have been collected from rotting leaves (Hughes 1966, Goh et al. 1997, Ho et al. 2001, 2002, Zelski et al. 2014, Luo et al. 2016, Yang et al. 2016a). Sporoschisma species are characterized by cylindrical, stipitate conidiophores, with a swollen venter and a long, cylindrical neck, monophialidic conidiogenous cells and cylindrical conidia occurring in endogenously chains with basipetal succession (Zelski et al. 2014, Luo et al. 2016).

Type species: Sporoschisma mirabile Berk. & Broome, in Berkeley, Gard. Chron., London: 540 (footnote) (1847).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Sporoschisma.

 

References

Goh TK, Hyde KD. 1997 – The generic distinction between Chaetopsina and Kionochaeta, with descriptions of two new species. Mycological Research 101, 1517–1523.

Ho WH, Hyde KD, Hodgkiss IJ. 2001 – Fungal communities on submerged wood from streams in Brunei, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. Mycological Research 105, 1492–1501.

Ho WH, Yanna, Hyde KD, Hodgkiss IJ. 2002 – Seasonality and sequential occurrence of fungi on wood submerged in Tai Po Kau Forest Stream, Hong Kong. Fungal Diversity 10, 21–43.

Hughes SJ. 1966 – Sporoschisma Berk. and Br. New Zealand Journal of Botany 4, 77–85.

Luo ZL, Bao DF, Bhat JD, Yang J et al. 2016 – Sporoschisma from submerged wood in Yunnan, China. Mycological progress 15, 1145–1155.

Yang J, Liu JK, Hyde KD, Bhat DJ et al. 2016a – New species of Sporoschisma (Chaetosphaeriaceae) from aquatic habitats in Thailand. Phytotaxa 289, 147–157.

Zelski SE, Balto JA, Do C, Raja HA et al. 2014 – Phylogeny and morphology of dematiaceous freshwater microfungi from Perú. IMA Fungus 5, 425–438.

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China

 

Published online 28 February 2020

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