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Fuscosporella

Fuscosporella is a genus of terrestrial and freshwater fungi in the family Fuscosporellaceae and within the monotypic order of Fuscosporellales.

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Fuscosporella
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Fuscosporellales
Family: Fuscosporellaceae
Genus: Fuscosporella
Jing Yang, Bhat & K.D. Hyde, Cryptogamie, Mycologie 37 (4), 449-475, (1 December 2016)1
Type species
Fuscosporella pyriformis
Jing Yang, Bhat & K.D. Hyde

Fuscosporella is a genus of terrestrial and freshwater fungi in the family Fuscosporellaceae and within the monotypic order of Fuscosporellales.23

Etymology

The word Fuscosporella is derived from the Latin word -fusco, meaning dark and the Greek word spore meaning “seed, sowing”.4

History

Fuscosporella was originally established as a monotypic genus for Fuscosporella pyriformis J. Yang, J. Bhat & K.D. Hyde, and it is the type genus of Fuscosporellaceae (Yang et al. 2016).1 Fuscosporella pyriformis is morphologically similar to Parafuscosprella moniliformis J. Yang, J. Bhat & K.D. Hyde and Parafuscosprella mucosa J. Yang, J. Bhat & K.D. Hyde, as they share characters such as uniseptate (having a single cell wall), dark brown, obvoid (egg-shaped and solid, with the narrow end at the base) to obpyriform (shaped like that of a pear, with the base at the narrower end) conidia of similar size, and hyaline (glassy/transparent), vesicular (bladder-like sac) conidiogenous cells. Parafuscosporella garethii Boonyuen, Chuaseehar. & Somrith. is significantly different from the species in its obpyramidal conidia, which are coronate at the apex with unusual conical projections (Boonyuen et al. 2016).5 However, molecular evidence later gave a precise classification.6

Species

3 species are accepted by Species Fungorum;7

  • Fuscosporella aquatica J. Yang & K.D. Hyde (2017)
  • Fuscosporella atrobrunnea L.L. Liu, J. Yang & Z.Y. Liu (2023)
  • Fuscosporella pyriformis Jing Yang, Bhat & K.D. Hyde (2016)

Fuscosporella xingyiensis was published in 2022, but not yet fully accepted.8

Distribution

It has been only found in a few places worldwide, such as; off the coast of south America, in central Asia, in Thailand and China.910

Species in Fuscosporella and Mucispora are reported from freshwater habitats in Thailand and China,11112

References

References

  1. Yang, Jing; Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S. N.; Bhat, D. Jayarama; Hyde, Kevin D.; McKenzie, Eric H. C.; Gareth Jones, E. B.; Al-Sadi, Abdullah M.; Lumyong, Saisamorn (1 December 2016). "Fuscosporellales, a New Order of Aquatic and Terrestrial Hypocreomycetidae (Sordariomycetes)". Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 37 (4): 449–475. doi:10.7872/crym/v37.iss4.2016.449.
  2. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
  3. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Dai, D.Q.; Sánchez-García, M.; Goto, B.T.; Saxena, R.K.; et al. (2022). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa – 2021". Mycosphere. 13 (1): 53–453 [160]. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/13/1/2. hdl:10481/76378. S2CID 249054641.
  4. "spore | Etymology, origin and meaning of spore by etymonline". www.etymonline.com. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  5. Boonyuen, Nattawut; Chuaseeharonnachai, Charuwan; Suetrong, Satinee; Sommai, Sujinda; Somrithipol, Sayanh (December 2016). "Parafuscosporella garethii sp. nov. (Fuscosporellales) from a rivulet in a community-based northern forest, in Thailand". Mycosphere. 7 (9): 1265–1272. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/7/9/2.
  6. Yang, J.; Liu, J.K.; Hyde, Kevin D.; Jones, E.B.G.; Liu, Z.Y. (2017). "Two new species in Fuscosporellaceae from freshwater habitats in Thailand". Mycosphere. 8 (10): 1893–1903. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/8/10/12.
  7. "Fuscosporella - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  8. Xu, Xia; Wijayawardene, Nalin; Long, Chunsheng; Li, Xiaobing; Cheng, Min; Wang, Di; Wang, Meizhu; Wang, Feng; Liu, Yanxia; Li, Qirui; Kan, Yingqian (May 2022). "A New Species (Fuscosporella xingyiensis sp. nov.) and a New Record (Sporoschisma chiangraiense) of Wood-Decay Fungi from Guizhou, China". Chiang Mai Journal of Science. 49 (3): 718–729. doi:10.12982/CMJS.2022.056.
  9. Wijayawardene, N.N.; Dissanayake, L.S.; Dai, D.-Q.; Li, Q.-R.; Xiao, Y.; Wen, T.-C.; Karunarathna, S.C.; Wu, H.-X.; Zhang, H.; Tibpromma, S.; Kang, J.C. (2021). "Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau: A mycological hotspot". Phytotaxa. 523: 1–31.
  10. "Fuscosporella Jing Yang, Bhat & K.D.Hyde, 2016". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  11. Hyde, Kevin D.; Norphanphoun, C.; Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N.; Bhat, D.J.; Jones, E.B.G.; Bundhun, D.; Chen, Y.J.; Bao, D.F.; Boonmee, S.; Calabon, M.S.; Chaiwan, N.; Chethana, K.W.T.; Dai, D.Q.; Dayarathne, M.C.; Devadatha, B.; Dissanayake, A.J.; Dissanayake, L.S.; Doilom, M.; Dong, W.; Fan, X.L.; Goonasekara, I.D.; Hongsanan, S.; Huang, S.K.; Jayawardena, R.S.; Jeewon, R.; Karunarathna, A.; Konta, S.; Kumar, V.; Lin, C.G.; Liu, J.K.; Liu, N.G.; Luangsa-ard, J.; Lumyong, S.; Luo, Z.L.; Marasinghe, D.S.; McKenzie, E.H.C.; Niego, A.G.T.; Niranjan, M.; Perera, R.H.; Phukhamsakda, C.; Rathnayaka, A.R.; Samarakoon, M.C.; Samarakoon, S.M.B.C.; Sarma, V.V.; Senanayake, I.C.; Shang, Q.J.; Stadler, M.; Tibpromma, S.; Wanasinghe, D.N.; Wei, D.P.; Wijayawardene, N.N.; Xiao, Y.P.; Yang, J.; Zeng, X.Y.; Zhang, S.N.; Xiang, M.M. (2020). "Refined families of Sordariomycetes". Mycosphere. 11: 305–1059. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/7. hdl:10033/622756.
  12. Du, Hong-Zhi; Yang, Jing; Liu, Ning-Guo; Cheewangkoon, Ratchadawa; Liu, Jian-Kui (2022). "Morpho-Phylogenetic Evidence Reveals New Species of Fuscosporellaceae and Savoryellaceae from Freshwater Habitats in Guizhou Province, China". J. Fungi. 8 (11): 1138. doi:10.3390/jof8111138. PMC 9696266. PMID 36354905.