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Fungalpedia – Note 160, Ceratohirudispora (Fossil fungi)   Ceratohirudispora R. Kar, Mand. & R.K. Kar. Citation when using this data: Saxena RK & Hyde KD. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Fossil Fungi.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1             Classification: Phragmosporae, Fungi. Kar et al. (2010) introduced Ceratohirudispora from the Bhuban Formation (Early Miocene, 23–16 mya) of Tlangsam, Mizoram, India. This genus is characterized by the following diagnosis: Hyphomycetaceous fungi with small conidiophore, growth terminated by the production of apical conidium. The conidium enlarges laterally in opposite direction to produce two–three arms. Conidia are 5–10 celled, with septa up to 2 μm thick, with a broad base and narrow tip. The conidia of C. miocenica Kar et al. 2010 (Type) is two-armed and V-shaped (Fig. 1a), while the C. triradiata Kar et al. 2010 is three-armed and triradiate (Fig. 1b). Two species are [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 404, Cercopemyces   Cercopemyces T.J. Baroni, Kropp & V.S. Evenson Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Macrofungi. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1           Classification: Incertae sedis, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi. Based on morphology and phylogeny of LSU, ITS and RPB1, Baroni et al. (2014) introduced Cercopemyces to accommodate the type species Cercopemyces crocodilinus, and Cercopemyces ponderosus. Dima (2015) introduced Cercopemyces rickenii and basionymized it with Armillaria rickenii. Currently, only three species are accepted in this genus, which are found in soils in Europe and the USA (Baroni et al. 2014, Dima 2015, Sukhomlyn et al. 2019). Cercopemyces is characterized by large fleshy amanitoid robust basidiomata with thick pyramidal scales or conical warts covering the pileus, narrowly clavate basidia with long and tapered sterigmata, and ellipsoid, broadly ellipsoid to globose basidiospores with a delicately punctate roughened ornamentation (Baroni et [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 161, Cervichlamydospora (Fossil fungi)   Cervichlamydospora R. Kar, Mand. & R.K. Kar.  Citation when using this data: Saxena RK & Hyde KD. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Fossil Fungi.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Phragmosporae, Fossil Ascomycota, Fungi The monotypic genus Cervichlamydospora was described by Kar et al. (2010) from the Bhuban Formation (Early Miocene, 23–16 mya) in Tlangsam, Mizoram, India, with the following diagnosis: Chlamydospores are subcircular and dark brown-black, originate from neck of hyphae. They are solitary, and many hyphae adhere together at base, branch out laterally at tip. The hyphae wall is laevigategranulose, with grana up to 1 μm thick and sparsely placed. Only one species listed in Index Fungorum (2023) under this genus. Type species: Cervichlamydospora nigra R. Kar, Mand. & R.K. Kar.     Figure 1 – Cervichlamydospora nigra. Scale bar = 10 μm. Redrawn from Kar et al. (2010).   [...]

Fungalpedia  -Note 21 Chaetomella   Chaetomella Fuckel, (1870) Citation when using this data: Huanraluek et al. Fungalpedia, coelomycetes, Mycosphere (in press)  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1. Based on phylogenies of SSU and LSU sequence data, Chaetomella was transferred to Leotiomycetes (Chaetomellaceae Chaetomellales, Leotiomycetes) (Li et al. 2020). The type species is Chaetomella oblonga, and is a coelomycete. Species of this genus are characterized by pycnidial or sporodochial conidiomata with brown, unbranched setae, long, acropleurogenous conidiophores, and hyaline ellipsoid to fusiform or falcate, unicellular conidia (Sutton 1980, Rossman et al. 2004). Chaetomella is saprobic or parasitic on the host plant in terrestrial habitats or has been isolated from soil (Li et al. 2020). This genus is distributed in Australia, Canada, India, Zambia and the USA (Rossman et al. 2004, Crous et al. 2014, 2019).  Chaetomella comprises 60 species that have been recorded in Index [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 163 Chaetosphaerites (Fossil Fungi)   Chaetosphaerites Felix 1894 (Fossil). Citation when using this data: Saxena RK & Hyde KD. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Fossil Fungi.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Phragmosporae, Fossil Fungi.  Felix (1894) instituted Chaetosphaerites from the Eocene (56–34 mya) sediments of Perekeschkul, near Baku, Azerbaijan. Felix (1894) stated that some silicified spores are characterized particularly by the dark brown middle and pale brown end cells. Since the boundaries of the respective colours coincide exactly with the sharp delimitations of the individual segments, it is probably not justified to assume that the differences in shade only resulted from the state of preservation. It is unlikely, particularly in view of the minute size of the objects, for differences to occur in the state of preservation of the individual parts. Additionally, within the genera Chaetosphaeria, Lophiostoma, Massaria, and [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 382, Chaetothyriothecium   Chaetothyriothecium Hongsanan & K.D. Hyde Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi; MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1           Classification: Microthyriaceae, Microthyriales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi Based on phylogenies of LSU analyses and morphological studies, Chaetothyriothecium, a "Microthyriaceae"-like fungus collected in central Thailand was established by Hongsanan et al. (2014) to accommodate the type species Chaetothyriothecium elegans. Chaetothyriothecium is characterized by superficial, globose, dark brown to black ascomata, ostioles surrounded by long setae, bitunicate asci, 4−8-spored, and bi-celled hyaline ascospores with oblong to ellipsoid (Hongsanan et al. 2014). Chaetothyriothecium can be recognized by the presence of long, dark brown setae at the center surrounding the ostiole (Hongsanan et al. 2014). No other species have been introduced to this genus, which remains monotypic. Type species: Chaetothyriothecium elegans Hongsanan & K.D. Hyde Other accepted species: This genus is [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 263, Chamonixia   Chamonixia Rolland.             Citation if using this entry: Khyaju et al. 2024 (in prep.) Basidiomycota 4. Index Fungorum, FacesofFungi, Mycobank, GenBank Fig.1 Classification: Boletaceae, Boletales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi             Chamonixia Rolland was established by Rolland (1899), which accommodated Chamonixia caespitosa Rolland from France as the type species (Mleczko et al. 2009, Orihara et al. 2016). Chamonixia is a sequestrated descendant of epigeous boletes (Orihara et al. 2016). Chamonixia is characterized by gasterioid, spongy, white, fibrillose basidiomata, which often turn blue when bruised (Rolland 1899, Mleczko et al. 2009, Orihara et al. 2016). The hymephore is located in small round to oval chambers, initially pale turning brown, and lacking a stipe (Rolland 1899, Mleczko et al. [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 428, Charcotiana   Charcotiana Søchting, Garrido-Ben. & Arup  Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, extreme-tolerant fungi. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1  Classification: Teloschistaceae, Teloschistales, Lecanoromycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi. The new genus Charcotiana was introduced by Søchting et al. (2014) along with another new genus (Amundsenia). Charcotiana antarctica is the type of species of this genus which found from continental Antarctica (Søchting et al. 2014). While, this genus was recognized based on the morphological, chemistry (chemosyndrome), and molecular works (ITS, LSU, mtSSU) (Søchting et al. 2014). Charcotiana is similar in main morphology, anatomy and chemistry to several other crustose genera in the subfamily but can defined by molecular phylogenetic (Søchting et al. 2014). This genus is characterized by having saxicolous thallus, crustose, areolate, [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 348, Cheimonophyllum   Cheimonophyllum Singer. Citation if using this entry: Sysouphanthong et al. (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Basidiomycota 3.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycotina, Agaricomycetes, Agaricales, Cyphellaceae.  Cheimonophyllum is a small saprobic genus belonging to the Cyphellaceae Lotsy., and consisting of four species from temperate zone, with Cheimonophyllum candidissimum [= C. haedinum is the type species (He et al. 2019, Kalichman et al. 2020). Valade & Moreau (2022) transferred Agaricus haedinus to Cheimonophyllum (= C. haedinum), and ITS sequence analysis supported that C. candidissimum is the same species as C. haedinum, that was published earlier. Therefore, the type species of Cheimonophyllum has been changed to C. haedinum. Cheimonophyllum is charaterised by pleurotoid basidiomata, whitish to ivory lamellae, absence of stipe, hyaline globose to subglobose basidiospores, absence of pleurocystidia, cylindrical cheilocystidia with or without branches, [...]

Fungalpedia -Note 42 Cheirosporium   Cheirosporium L. Cai & K.D. Hyde Citation if using this entry: Noorabadi MT et al. (2023) New genera in 2008-2009. Mycosphere (in prep) Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, freshwaterfungi.org, Fig. 1 Cheirosporium was introduced by Cai et al. (2008) based on morphology and phylogenetic analysis, with the type species, Cheirosporium triseriale L. Cai & K.D. Hyde. The taxon was collected as a saprobe on submerged wood in a stream in Yunnan Province, China. Phylogenetic analysis based on LSU and ITS sequences placed the genus within an uncertain position in Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes. Abdel-Aziz (2016) introduced a second new cheirosporous taxon (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes) from freshwater habitats in Egypt. Phylogenetic analyses of LSU placed Cheirosporium vesiculare Abdel-Aziz in a monophyletic clade with C. triseriale. Both species formed a distal clade in the newly described family, Dictyosporiaceae (Abdel-Aziz 2016). Cheirosporium differs from [...]