Fungalpedia – Note 2012, Wardomycopsis

 

Wardomycopsis Udagawa & Furuya

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

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

Classification: Microascaceae, Microascales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

The asexual morphs are hyphomycetous saprobes. Conidiation at the early stages of Wardomycopsis resembles those of Wardomyces. However, the sexual morph of Wardomycopsis differ from those of Wardomyces, in terms of having straw-coloured, reniform to triangular ascospores with a single germ pore. Wardomycopsis species are distributed in Asia, Europe, and North America and are mainly soil-borne. The genus was accepted in Microascaceae by Ariyawansa et al. (2015), Seifert et al. (2011), Maharachchikumbura et al. (2015, 2016b), Sandoval-Denis et al. (2016a) and Wijayawardene et al. (2012, 2017a, 2018a).

Type species: Wardomycopsis inopinata Udagawa & Furuya.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Wardomycopsis.

 

References

Ariyawansa HA, Hyde KD, Jayasiri SC, Buyck B et al. 2015 – Fungal diversity notes 111–252—taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 75, 27–274.

Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2015 – Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 72, 199–301.

Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2016b – Families of Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 79, 1–317.

Sandoval-Denis M, Gené J, Sutton DA, Cano-Lira JF et al. 2016a – Redefining Microascus, Scopulariopsis and allied genera. Persoonia 36, 1–36.

Seifert KA, Gams W. 2011 –The genera of Hyphomycetes – 2011 update. Persoonia 27, 119–129.

Wijayawardene NN, McKenzie EHC, Hyde KD. 2012 – Towards incorporating anamorphic fungi in a natural classification–checklist and notes for 2011. Mycosphere 3, 157–228.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Lumbsch HT, Liu JK et al. 2018a – Outline of Ascomycota: 2017. Fungal Diversity 88, 167–263.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Rajeshkumar KC, Hawksworth DL et al. 2017a – Notes for genera: Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86, 1–594.

 

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

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