Fungalpedia – Note 3047, Versicolorisporium
Versicolorisporium Sat. Hatak., Kaz. Tanaka & Y. Harada.
Citation when using this data: Senanayake IC et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Incertae sedis, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
The monotypic genus Versicolorisporium was established for a coelomycetous taxon collected in Japan on dead culms of the bamboos (Hatakeyama et al. 2008). The type species of the genus, V. triseptatum is characterized by the production of holoblastic, 3-septate, obovoid, versicolored conidia and Versicolorisporium is morphologically distinct from other similar taxa in Pleosporales in having the uniloculate pycnidial conidiomata with a periphysate ostiole, lacking paraphyses, and the versicolored conidia without black-banded septa. This study describes a new geographical record of Versicolorisporium triseptatum.
Type species: Versicolorisporium triseptatum Sat. Hatak., Kaz. Tanaka & Y. Harada, in Sat. Hatak., et al. Mycoscience 49(3):211 (2008).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Versicolorisporium.
Figure 1 – Versicolorisporium triseptatum (HUEST 21.0016). a, b Appearance of conidiomata on decaying culms of bamboo. c Horizontal section through conidioma. d Vertical section through conidioma. e Condia attached to conidiogenous cells. f Germinated conidium. g Surface view of culture. h Reverse view of culture. i–n Conidia. Scale bars: c, d = 100 µm, f = 20 µm, e, i–j = 10 µm.
References
Entry by
Indunil C. Senanayake, Innovative Institute for Plant Health/ Key Laboratory of Green Prevention and Control on Fruits and Vegetables in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, Guangdong, China., Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand., Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, 3688, Nanhai Avenue, Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China., University of L’Aquila, Department MeSVA, sect. Environmental Sciences, Via Vetoio, 67100 Coppito (AQ), Italy.
Published online 28 August 2026