Fungalpedia – Note 3174, Trochophora
Trochophora R.T. Moore, Mycologia 47: 90 (1955).
Citation when using this data: Jian Ma et al. 2024 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
Notes: Trochophora was introduced by Moore (1955), with T. simplex as the type species based on morphology and molecular data (Crous et al. 2013). Trochophora is characterized by synnematous, straight or curved, cylindrical, pale to medium brown conidiophores that are mostly unbranched, and tightly aggregated at the base but separating near the apex, and polyblastic, integrated, terminal, sympodial, and clavate conidiogenous cells, and solitary, helicoid, pale to medium brown, transversely euseptate conidia, with a darkened and thickened band at the septa (Moore 1955; Crous et al. 2013). Trochophora comprises three species: T. fasciculata, T. indicum, and T. simplex, which were found on decaying wood or Daphniphyllum in terrestrial habitats, respectively (Goos 1986; Crous et al. 2013). Furthermore, T. simplex is pathogenic on Daphniphyllum teijsmannii and D. macropodum (Crous et al. 2013).
Type species: Trochophora simplex (Petch) R.T. Moore, Mycologia 47: 90 (1955).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Trochophora.
Figure 1 – (a) Trochophora simplex (redrawn from Seifert et al. (2011)); (b) Troposporium album (redrawn from Seifert et al. (2011)).
References
Goos R. 1986– A review of the anamorph genus Helicoma. Mycologia 78(5):744–761.
Moore RT. 1955 – Index to the Helicosporae. Mycologia 47(1):90–103.
Entry by
Jian Ma, School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang 550003, P.R. 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.
Published online 18 September 2026