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Fungalpedia – Note 85 Coprotaceae   Coprotaceae U. Lindem. & Van Vooren Citation when using this entry: Li CJY et al., in prep – Fungalpedia, Discomycetes 1. Mycosphere. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1 Based on multiple-gene analyses of LSU, tef1 and rpb2 sequence data by Hansen et al. (2013), Boubovia Svrček and Coprotus Korf & Kimbr. formed a sister lineage to Ascodesmidaceae J. Schröt. Despite previous results, Jaklitsch et al. (2016) and Ekanayaka et al. (2018) suggested integrating them into Ascodesmidaceae. Following subsequent analyses by Lindemann et al. (2019), Van Vooren (2021) erected Coprotaceae to accommodate them. Coprotaceae species are usually found on dung of herbivores and omnivorous animals, rarely on soil, duff and rotten leaves (Kušan et al. 2018). They are found in eastern and southwestern Asia, Europe, and the USA (Kušan et al. 2018). There are 35 species in Coprotaceae, including 28 Boubovia species and [...]

Fungalpedia Note 338, Coprotus    Coprotus Kimbrough and Korf Citation when using this entry: Thilanga et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Dung Fungi. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, Mycobank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Incertae sedis, Pezizales, Pezizomycetidae, Pezizomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi. Coprotus was validated by Kimbrough & Korf (1967), encompassing certain species of Ascophanus and Ryparobius Boud.  Coprotus was placed in the tribe Theleboleae (family Pezizaceae) by Kimbrough & Korf (1967). The species of this genus are saprobic in the dung of various wild and domestic animals, mainly herbivores. Coprotus is characterized by oblate to lenticular or discoid, glabrous, translucent, or whitish to yellow apothecia with a coprophilous ecology. Anamorph is not known. Asci are functionally operculate, non-amyloid, eight- to 256-spored, producing hyaline, smooth, eguttulate ascospores containing gaseous inclusions referred to as de bary bubbles when placed in anhydrous conditions. Paraphyses are present. They [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 14 Coremiostelium   Citation: Bhunjun et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia, genera described in 2018, Mycosphere (in press)   Coremiostelium S. Baldauf, S. Sheikh & Thulin Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Dictyostelids, a group of cellular slime molds or social amoebae, are commonly found in a wide range of soils and play important ecological roles as predators of soil bacteria (Sheikh et al. 2018). Dictyostelids taxa were informally classified into eight distinct clades and three complex groups namely polycarpum, polycephalum and violaceum (Romeralo et al. 2011), however, this classification was in conflict with molecular evidence (Schaap et al. 2006, Romeralo et al. 2007). Sheikh et al. (2018) refined the taxonomy and proposed a new classification of dictyostelids based on the only marker available for most dictyostelids, SSU rDNA data. They proposed the polycephalum complex as a new genus Coremiostelium, which refers to Dictyosteliales genera incertae sedis. Coremiostelium species are characterized by colorless [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 478, Corneriella   Corneriella Sánchez-García Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Macrofungi. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1  Classification: Tricholomataceae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi. Corneriella was introduced as a new genus by Sánchez-García et al. (2014) and as its sister to Porpoloma and Dennisiomyces in Tricholomataceae (Agaricales, Basidiomycota). Currently, this genus comprises of three tropical species. Corneriella bambusarum (type species) was previously identified as Porpoloma bambusarum and described in Hawaii, based on the presence of cheilocystidia and regular rather than tridirectional lamellar trama (Sánchez-García et al. 2014), Cantharellula humicola is transferred to the new genus Corneriella (Corneriella humicola), it is introduced from Malaysia; and there are two undescribed species from Puerto Rico and Brazil (Sánchez-García et al. 2014); the latest one Corneriella indica was identified [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 298, Corticimorbus   Corticimorbus S.F. Chen & M.J. Wingf Citation when using this entry: Perera et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, genera described in 2016.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Cryphonectriaceae, Diaporthales, Diaporthomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi Chen et al. (2016) established monotypic genus Corticimorbus with C. sinomyrti as the type. The taxon was placed in Cryphonectriaceae based on LSU, 5.8S rDNA and the exon regions of the BT2 and BT1 (Chen et al. 2016). Corticimorbus is characterized by gregarious or single, superficial to slightly immersed, orange to umber and pulvinate ascostromata on bark. Cells of the ascostromatic tissue are forming a textura globulosa and covering the tops of the perithecial bases. Perithecia are fuscous black, valsoid with globose to sub-globose bases. They are embedded beneath the surface of bark [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 528, Corticorygma    Corticorygma M. Cáceres, S.C. Feuerst., Aptroot & Lücking Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Lichenicolous fungi. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1  Classification: Graphidaceae, Ostropales, Ostropomycetidae, Lecanoromycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi. Based on morphological characteristics, Cáceres et al. (2014) introduced Corticorygma as a monotypic genus within Graphidaceae, Ostropales in Lecanoromycetes with the type species Corticorygma stellatum. The results of the phylogenetic analyses (mtSSU and LSU) were published separately by Lumbsch et al. (2014). Corticorygma is characterized by thallus corticolous on the tree trunk, surface smooth, continuous, light grey, and prothallus absent. Thallus in section, wepiperidermal, with prosoplectenchymatous cortex, photobiont layer, and medulla, strongly encrusted with numerous small, gray crystals that do not dissolve in K. Photobiont trentepohlia; cells rounded to irregular in outline, in irregular groups, green. Ascomata lirellate, in [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 15 Crassiperidium   Citation: Bhunjun et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia, genera described in 2018, Mycosphere (in press)   Crassiperidium M. Matsum. & Kaz. Tanaka Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Crassiperidium was established by Matsumara et al. (2018) to accommodate two new species isolated from dead twigs of Fagus crenata in Japan. Based on the combined SSU, LSU, and rpb2 sequence analysis, Crassiperidium formed a sister clade with Cyclothyriella rubronata and Massariosphaeria phaeospora, but this relationship was not well-supported (Matsumara et al. 2018). Moreover, morphological characteristics of the ascospores and the conidiogenesis of Crassiperidium species differ from those of the two genera. This was resolved by Phukhamsakda et al. (2020) who introduced the family Longiostiolaceae (Pleosporales), to accommodate Crassiperidium species and Longiostiolum tectonae.  Longiostiolaceae formed a well-supported clade with Cyclothyriellaceae as a sister clade based on LSU, SSU, ITS, tef1 [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 61 Craterellus   Craterellus Pers. Citation if using this entry: Bera et al. (2023) Fungalpedia, Basidiomycota. Mycosphere (in prep) Index Fungorum, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1   In the phylogenetic study by Hibbett and Thorn (2001), a cantharelloid clade was first recognized to accommodate this morpho-diverse group of mushrooms which clustered with the chanterelles group. With Craterellus, the name Cantharellus has consistently been linked in the chanterelles group which is characterized mainly by the no strict division between the pileus and the stipe and the presence of “false gills” (Dahlman et al. 2000). Fries (1821) originally defined Cantharellus, but later Persoon (1825) separated some species with hollow stipes and erected Craterellus. However, the distinction between these two genera has always been controversial (Corner 1966, Petersen 1971). The genus Craterellus Pers., typified with C. cornucopioides (L.) Pers. (Persoon 1825), is [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 197, Crepidotus    Crepidotus (Fr.) Staude    Citation if using this entry: Bera et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Basidiomycota 1.  Index Fungorum, MycoBank, Facesoffungi, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Crepidotaceae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi Fries (1821) initially categorized Crepidotus under Agaricus trib. Crepidotus Fr., which included pleurotoid taxa with fibrillose veil and pale or ferruginous basidiospores (Senn-Irlet 1995). However, Crepidotus was later raised to the generic rank by Staude (1857) (Donk 1949, Consiglio & Setti 2008, Na et al. 2022). The tribe Crepidotus used to encompass eight species, most of which have been transferred to two current genera: Entoloma (Fr.) P. Kumm. and Tapinella E.-J. Gilbert E.-J. Gilbert, leaving only three species that persisted within Crepidotus (Consiglio & Setti 2008, Na et al. 2022). The first contributions towards the diversity of this [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 10 Crispospora   Crispospora Y.S. Tokarev, V.N. Voronin, E.V. Seliverstova, O.A. Pavlova & I.V. Issi   Citation if using this entry: Fahalli et al. (2023) New genera in 2010-2011. Mycosphere (in press) Index Fungorum Identifier 646569, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1. The monotypic genus Crispospora with type species Crispospora chironomid was established in Microsporidia, Protozoa by Tokarev et al. (2010). Crispospora chironomid was isolated from larval adipose tissue of Chironomus plumosus in northwest European Russia. The parasite invades the gut epithelium of the host larvae and has two types of sporogonies, polysporoblastic and disporoblastic, both develop within the same host cell. A thick-walled capsule with several spherical monokaryotic spores is generated in the first type of sporogonial sequence (Tokarev et al. 2010). Diplokaryotic oval spores in the second type of sporogonial, form within a compartment that is partially encircled with multilayered [...]