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  Fungalpedia – Note 325, Striaticonidium   Striaticonidium L. Lombard & Crous Citation when using this entry: Perera et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, genera described in 2016.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Stachybotryaceae, Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.             Based on the phylogenetic analysis of cmdA, ITS, rpb2 and tub2 loci, Lombard et al. (2016) introduced Striaticonidium to accomodate a group of myrothecium-like taxa that have striate conidia. Striaticonidium is characterized by synnematous or sporodochial conidiomata or simple conidiophores. Synnemata are cylindrical to pyriform, unbranched, broadening towards the apex and covered by an olivaceous green to black slimy mass of conidia. They consist of bundles of parallel, longitudinal, closely compacted hyphae that are terminating in whorls of 2–4 conidiogenous cells. Marginal hyphae of synnemata are olivaceous green, [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 437, Suberoteratosphaeria   Suberoteratosphaeria Quaedvl. & Crous Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Fungal pathogens. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Teratosphaeriaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.  Based on phylogenies of combining-loci of ITS, LSU, RPB2, TEF-1α and TUB alignment, Quaedvlieg et al. (2014) introduced Suberoteratosphaeria within Teratosphaeriaceae, Mycosphaerellales in Dothideomycetes with the type species Suberoteratosphaeria suberosa. This type of species was initially described as Mycosphaerella suberosa by Crous et al. (1993) (≡ Teratosphaeria suberosa (Crous et al. 2007). Suberoteratosphaeria has a morphology similar to that of the genus Teratosphaeria and is associated with corky leaf spots. In addition, the genus is plant pathogenic, associated with corky leaf spots, as well as on stems and leaf petioles (Quaedvlieg et al. 2014). Morphological characters of Suberoteratosphaeria was described as ascomata [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 175, Submersispora   Submersispora W. Dong, H. Zhang & K.D. Hyde Citation when using this entry: Shah et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, new genera in 2020.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1. Classification: Longipedicellataceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi             This monotypic genus was introduced by Dong et al. (2020) with the type species S. variabilis, which was isolated from decaying wood submerged in a stream in Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. Submersispora was introduced as a new genus in Longipedicellataceae, based on morphology and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses (LSU, SSU, ITS, and tef) (Dong et al. 2020). Only the asexul morph is recorded in this genus. Dark, punctiform, and gregarious or scattered or solitary colonies characterize the asexual morph. The mycelium is branched, septate smooth, and thin-walled, hyaline to pale brown, and adheres to the [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 145 Suillus   Suillus Gray Citation if using this entry: Bera et al. (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Basidiomycota 1. Mycosphere. Index Fungorum, MycoBank, Facesoffungi, GenBank, Fig. 1 Suillaceae, Boletales, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi Gray (1821) established Suillus to encompass the mushrooms characterized by a centrally attached stipe with a distinct ring, a circular pileus, and a poroid hymenium with closely adhering tubes. Typified by Suillus luteus (L.) Roussel, this genus has been classified under the order Boletales (Hawksworth et al. 1995). The pileus of Suillus can vary from viscid to glutinous to completely dry and scaly (Dahlberg & Finlay 1999). The stipe can be with or without the ring (Dahlberg & Finlay 1999). The basidiospores are usually brownish-pigmented, shaped elongated with smooth surfaces (Dahlberg & Finlay 1999). Clamp connections are either [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 129 Sulcosporium   Sulcosporium Phook. & K.D. Hyde Citation when using this entry: Aumentado et al. in prep – Fungalpedia, plant pathogens. Mycosphere. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig *. Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina, Dothideomycetes, Pleosporomycetidae, Pleosporales, Halotthiaceae Sulcosporium is recognized as a monotypic genus in Halottiaceae based on the 18S small subunit (SSU) rRNA and 28S large ribosomal subunit RNA (LSU) genes and accommodates S. thailandica (Ariyawansa et al. 2015). Sulcosporium shares similarities with Sulcispora, as noted by Shoemaker & Babcock (1989) and Senanayake et al. (2015). However, Sulcispora belongs to Phaeosphaeriiaceae and is unrelated to Sulcosporium. The ascomata of this genus are solitary, scattered, globose to subglobose, and embedded in the host. The ascomata are uni-loculate and membranous, with a small central papilla that erupts over the host surface, forming an ostiole. The peridium is thin and consists of numerous [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 369, Sulzbacheromyces   Sulzbacheromyces B.P. Hodk. & Lücking Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Macrofungi. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1           Classification: Lepidostromataceae, Lepidostromatales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi. Sulzbacheromyces is a recently erected genus in the family Lepidostromataceae that belongs to the order Lepidostromales. The type species Sulzbacheromyces caatingae was originally described from the caatinga biome in Brazil (Sulzbacher et al. 2012). Sulzbacheromyces shares similar morphological characteristics with Multiclavula (lichenized fungi), although they belong to distantly related clades within the subclass Agaricomycetidae (Cantharellales) (Hodkinson et al. 2014). Sulzbacheromyces is characterized by an entirely crustrose, undifferentiated thallus lacking cortex and medullary structures, and a chlorococcoid photobiont (Sulzbacher et al. 2015). However, Sulzbacheromyces has an extremely simple thallus and basidiome structure and hence only gives few characters potentially useful for species delimitation. Additional phylogenetic analysis [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 500, Symbiotaphrinales    Symbiotaphrinales Machouart, Samerp., de Hoog & Gueidan Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomata. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1  Classification: Symbiotaphrinales, Incertae sedis, Xylonomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi Symbiotaphrinales was first mentioned by Machouart et al. (2014) to classify Hyphozyma lignicola, Symbiotaphrina buchneri, and Symbiotaphrina kochii, but not officially named. These names were later validated and officially named by Baral et al. (2017) based on multigene analysis. The family Symbiotaphrinaceae, a monogeneric family of Symbiotaphrinales, accommodates the symbiotic yeast Symbiotaphrina, with S. buchneri as the type species. Currently, seven species of Symbiotaphrinales are accepted in the Index Fungorum (2024). The asexual morph of Symbiotaphrinales is characterized by septate, smooth, branched, and anastomosing mycelia formed singly or in chains or branched, thin-walled, hyaline, smooth conidiogenous cells, and cylindrical, hyaline conidia [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 307, Sympodiosynnema   Sympodiosynnema J.W. Xia & X.G. Zhang Citation when using this entry: Perera et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, genera described in 2016.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi Xia et al. (2016) introduced this monotypic genus Sympodiosynnema to accommodate Sympodiosynnema elegans based on the morphology. Sympodiosynnema elegans was isolated from a dead plant stem in China. The asexual morph is characterized by effuse, brown colonies on the natural substrate. Mycelium is mostly immersed, and comprised of branched, septate, hyaline to brown, smooth-walled hyphae. Synnematal conidiomata are unbranched, erect, with brown stalks, and consist of a compact cluster of parallel conidiophores. Conidiophores are macronematous, pale brown to brown, erect, unbranched, septate, divergent towards the distal part of the [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 87 Synchaetomella   Synchaetomella Decock & Seifert Citation when using this entry: Su et al., in prep – Fungalpedia, Discomycetes II. Mycosphere. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1. Following morphological studies and the phylogenetic analyses of SSU, Decock et al. (2005) established Synchaetomella and designated Synchaetomella lunatospora as the type species, without precise order and family affinities. Baral (2015) relied on the phylogeny of Johnston et al. (2014) to introduce Chaetomellaceae within Helotiales and transferred Synchaetomella into Chaetomellaceae (Helotiales) as the genus was morphologically and phylogenetically closely related to Zoellneria and Discohainesia. Synchaetomella was reported as a saprobic genus (Wijayawardene et al. 2017). Synchaetomella is a hyphomycete genus characterized by macronematous conidiophores, synnematous conidiomata with a capitulum, phialidic conidiogenesis, terminal or lateral, acropleurogenous conidiogenous cells, and falcate, allantoid or ellipsoidal, hyaline conidia accumulating in a mucilaginous mass (Decock et al. 2005; Crous [...]

  Fungalpedia – Note 326, Tangerinosporium   Tangerinosporium L. Lombard & Crous  Citation when using this entry: Perera et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, genera described in 2016.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Stachybotryaceae, Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.             Lombard et al. (2016) established Tangerinosporium myrothecium-like taxon that formed a basal sister lineage to the Myrothecium s.str. clade in the analysis of cmdA, ITS, rpb2, and tub2. Tangerinosporium can be distinguished from other myrothecium-like genera by the production of orange conidial masses. This genus is characterized by sporodochial conidiomata that are stromatic, superficial, and scattered or gregarious on the substrate. They are pulvinate, oval, or irregular in outline, covered by an apricot to orange slimy or dry mass of conidia, and surrounded by a white [...]