Fungalpedia – Note 2011, Virgatospora
Virgatospora Finley
Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
This genus was synonymised under Didymostilbe (Rossman 1983, Rossman et al. 1999). Lombard et al. (2016) resurrected the genus based on multigene phylogenetic analysis and accepted it in Stachybotryaceae. The genus is characterised by white to dark brown or black to olivaceous grey, synnematous conidiomata, branched conidiophores, 3-septate, fusiform, olivaceous grey, coarsely striate conidia with papillate and truncate ends (Finley 1967, Lombard et al. 2016).
Type species: Virgatospora echinofibrosa Finley.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Virgatospora.
References
Finley DE. 1967 – Virgatospora: a new genus of Stilbellaceae. Mycologia 59, 538–541.
Rossman AY. 1983 – The phragmosporous species of Nectria and related genera. Mycological Papers 150, 1–164.
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 17 March 2026