Fungalpedia – Note 2797, Tulipispora
Tulipispora. Révay & Gönczöl.
Citation when using this data: Huang SK et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on wood, rarely on leaves. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Mycelium semi-immersed in wood. Conidiophores hyaline, semi-macronematous, mononematous, simple, septate. Conidiogenous cells integrated, terminal, proliferations sympodial. Conidia solitary, acrogenous to subacrogenous, multi-septate, composed of elongate main axis and branches, branches mostly subverticillate, sometimes grouped near the base of the axis, curved (adapted from Révay et al. 2009).
Notes: The monotypic Tulipispora resembles Triscelophorus and Triramulispora in having multi-septate conidia with an elongate main axis and branches (Révay et al. 2009). It has been accommodated in Calosphaeriaceae, Sordariomycetes and Ascomycota genera incertae sedis (Maharachchikumbura et al. 2015, 2016; Wijayawardene et al. 2018, 2020). However, as an asexual genus, Tulipispora is dissimilar to the known asexual morph of other members in Calosphaeriaceae. Tulipispora species have multi-septate and elongate conidia, whereas species of Calospaheriaceae usually have asepate, allantoid conidia. We place Tulipispora in Ascomycota genera incertae sedis.
Type species: Tulipispora ingoldii Révay & Gönczöl, Nova Hedwigia 88(1-2): 42 (2009).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Tulipispora.
Figure 1 – Tulipispora ingoldii: (redrawn from Révay et al. 2009). a Developing conidia showing the separating cells. b Main axes and conidia bearing a secondary branch. c Conidiophores with conidia. Scale bars: a–c = 20 µm.
References
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 18 June 2026