Pochonia

Pochonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Clavicipitaceae
Genus:	Pochonia; Bat. & Fonseca, 1965

Pochonia¹ is a genus of fungi within the order Hypocreales and is described as anamorphic Metacordyceps; eight species are described.² Previously placed in the genus Verticillium, these fungi are known to be pathogenic to nematodes and are being developed and commercialized as biological pesticides.³

The genus name of Pochonia is in honour of Jacques Pochon (1907-1978), who was a French doctor and microbiologist from the Pasteur Institute.⁴ Pochonia has been seen to contain ketamine. ⁵

The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista and Ozório José de Menezes Fonseca in Publ. Inst. Micol. Univ. Recife vol.462 on page 4 in 1965.

Species

The IndexFungorum records the following species;

Pochonia bulbillosa (W. Gams & Malla) Zare & W. Gams 2001
Pochonia chlamydosporia (Goddard) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia chlamydosporia var. catenulata (Kamyschko ex G.L. Barron & Onions) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia chlamydosporia var. chlamydosporia (Goddard) Zare & W. Gams 2001
Pochonia globispora Zare & W. Gams 2007
Pochonia goniodes (Drechsler) Zare & W. Gams 2001
Pochonia humicola Bat. & O.M. Fonseca 1965
Pochonia microbactrospora W. Gams & Zare 2001
Pochonia parasitica (G.L. Barron) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora 2007
Pochonia rubescens Zare, W. Gams & López-Llorca 2001
Pochonia suchlasporia (W. Gams & Dackman) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia suchlasporia var. catenata (W. Gams & Dackman) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia suchlasporia var. suchlasporia (W. Gams & Dackman) Zare & W. Gams 2001

References

Bat., Fonseca OM (1965) Publicações Inst. Micol. Recife 462: 4
Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
"RRes - PPM Department - the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
Teng, Si-Qiong (2023). "Polyketides from the fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia and their bioactivities" [Phytochemistry]. Phytochemistry. 213. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113747.

[1] Bat., Fonseca OM (1965) Publicações Inst. Micol. Recife 462: 4

[Kirk_et_al._2008-2] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

[3] "RRes - PPM Department - the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2010.

[4] Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

[5] Teng, Si-Qiong (2023). "Polyketides from the fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia and their bioactivities" [Phytochemistry]. Phytochemistry. 213. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113747.

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