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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 [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 296, Chlamydocillium   Chlamydocillium Zare & W. Gams Citation when using this entry: Perera et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, genera described in 2016.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Sarocladiaceae, Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi Zare & Gams (2016) established Chlamydocillium based on single species C. cyanophilum, in Hypocreales without assigning to a family. Hou et al. (2023) confirmed that Chlamydocillium nested within Sarocladiaceae in their phylogenetic analysis of LSU, ITS and rpb2 sequences. Currently the genus accommodates nine species (Zare & Gams 2016; Hou et al. 2023; Tan & Shivas 2024). Chlamydocillium species are saprotrophic and mostly soil-borne hyphomycetes (Zare & Gams 2016; Hou et al. 2023). Chlamydocillium is characterized by mycelium consisting of branched, septate, hyaline, thin- and smooth-walled hyphae. Conidiophores are solitary or aggregated, erect [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 164, Chlamydosporites (Fossil Fungi)   Chlamydosporites Paradkar. Citation when using this data: Saxena RK & Hyde KD. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Fossil Fungi.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Ustilaginales, Fossil Basidiomycota, Fungi  The monotypic genus Chlamydosporites was proposed by Paradkar (1975) from the Deccan Intertrappean Series (Late Cretaceous, 100–66 mya) of Mohgaon Kalan, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India. Chlamydosporites is characterized by a mycelium of profusely branched, septate hyphae (with septa 4-6 μm broad). The hyphae branched with haustoria, chlamydospores with thick reticulate wall. Only one species listed in Index Fungorum (2023) under this genus. Type species: Chlamydosporites gramineus Paradkar.     Figure 1 – Chlamydosporites gramineus. a Reticulate chlamydospore, b, c Mycelium and hyphae with haustoria and chlamydospores. Scale bar = 50 μm.   Redrawn from Paradkar (1975).   References Paradkar SA. 1975 – On [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 297, Chlorocillium   Chlorocillium Zare & W. Gams 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, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi Zare & Gams (2016) introduced Chlorocillium to accommodate Chlorocillium griseum based on LSU, SSU and ITS sequence data. Chlorocillium species are entomogenous (Zare & Gams 2016; Tan & Shivas 2023, 2024). Chlorocillium is characterized by dry, slow-growing, greenish-ochraceous colonies producing hyphomycetous asexual morphs. Short conidiophores bear meagre whorls of phialides. The conidia are fusiform and occur in dry chains. The genus currently accommodates three species (Zare & Gams 2016; Tan & Shivas 2023, 2024). However, the sexual morph retains undetermined. Tan & Shivas (2023) accepted Chlorocillium in Sordariomycetes, incertae sedis. Type species: [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 153 Chlorophyllum    Chlorophyllum Massee Citation if using this entry: Sysouphanthong et al. (in prep) – Fungalpedia Basidiomycota 3. Mycosphere. Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1–2 Classification:  Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agaricomycotina, Agaricomycetes, Agaricales, Agaricaceae. The genus Chlorophyllum, a saprobic genus of Agaricaceae Chevall., was established in 1898 to accumulate of the first concept of green-spored agaric mushrooms, and C. molybdites (G. Mey.) Massee is the type species (Massee 1898). Based on phylogenetic analysis Vellinga (2002) transferred 13 species from the genera Agaricus L., Endoptychum Czern., Lepiota (Pers.) Gray, Leucocoprinus Pat. and Macrolepiota Singer, including species with both green and white basidiospores; and agaricoid and secotioid habits were accepted in the revised concept of the genus. In recent investigations of Chlorophyllum based on multigene molecular phylogenetic analysis of ITS-LSU-rpb2-tef, six sections were accepted, which are sect. Chlorophyllum, sect. Ellipsospororum, sect. Endoptychorum (Czern.) [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 165, Circinoconites (Fossil Fungi)   Circinoconites 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 Kar et al. (2010) instituted Circinoconites from the Bhuban Formation (Early Miocene, 23–16 mya) in Tlangsam, Mizoram, India with the following diagnosis: Fungal conidia are conidia acrogenous, strongly spiraled, solitary, coiled, not in chains or slime, and 8–14 septate, fist-shaped, dark brown, constricted at septa, cells increasing in diameter from base to apex, dissimilar, spirally arranged. Only one species listed in Index Fungorum (2023) under this genus. Type species: Circinoconites arthrus R. Kar, Mand. & R.K. Kar.     Figure 1 – Circinoconites arthrus. Scale bar = 10 μm. Redrawn from Kar et al. (2010).   References Kar R, Mandaokar BD, Kar RK. [...]

Fungalpedia – Note 268, Cladosporiumsporinites (Fossil Fungi)   Cladosporiumsporinites Debi Mukh.  Citation when using this data: Saxena RK & Hyde KD. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia, Fossil Fungi.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, Mycobank, GenBank, Fig. 1 Classification: Fungi Incertae sedis, Phragmosporae.  The monotypic fossil genus Cladosporiumsporinites was instituted by Mukherjee (2012) from the Neyveli Lignite (Miocene, 23–5 mya) of Neyveli Lignite Mine-I, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India. This taxon includes cylindrical and oblong conidia which are fuliginous (dark soot coloured) and rounded at both the ends. Three–four septate, septa slightly constricted. Size 80–100 × 15–30 μm. Mukherjee (2012) opined that these conidia are borne on the apical part of the conidiophores but are found detached in dispersed condition. They resemble to the conidia of extant Cladosporium (growing on leaves of Dianthus barbatus and other Caryophyllaceae plants). The specific epithet refers to [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 269, Clarkeinda   Clarkeinda Kuntze Citation if using this entry: Sysouphanthong et al. 2024 (in prep) – Fungalpedia Basidiomycota 3.  Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Figs. 1 & 2 Classification: Agaricaceae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi Clarkeinda, a small saprobic genus of Agaricaceae Chevall., was established in 1891 to compile four species, which were Clarkeinda pedilia (Berk. & Broome) Kuntze from Sri Lanka is a type species,  Clarkeinda coprinus (Fr.) Kuntze,  Clarkeinda poderes (Berk. & Broome) Kuntze, and Clarkeinda rubriceps (Cooke & Massee) Kuntze [= Macrometrula rubriceps (Cooke & Massee) Donk & Singer] (Kuntze 1891, He et al. 2019). Morphologically, basidiomata medium to large size; pileus ovoid and appendiculate when mature, top of pileus covered with dark remnant of volva or patch, furfuraceous surface; lamella white and turned dull green when mature; stipe long and thick, hollow, wider [...]

Fungalpedia - Note 69 Claviradulomyces   Claviradulomyces P.R. Johnst., D.C. Park, H.C. Evans, R.W. Barreto & D.J. Soares Citation if using this entry: Citation if using this entry: Fallahi et al. (2023) New genera in 2010-2011. Mycosphere (in prep) Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1 Evans et al. (2010) introduced Claviradulomyces to accommodate an apothecial species Claviradulomyces dabeicola. The fungus has been collected continually and only on abnormal lenticels of Erythroxylum mannii Oliv., a rainforest tree in Africa (Ghana and Ivory Coast). Morphologically Claviradulomyces was referred to Odontotremataceae, Ostropales. Also, in both the parsimony and ML analyses based on the SSU, LSU, and mitochondrial SSU sequence data, Claviradulomyces was well-supported as a member of Ostropales, however, its position within the order was unresolved (Evans et al. 2010). However, Duarte et al. (2021) based on a Bayesian inference analysis of the LSU and rpb2 [...]