Asci and ascospores of Sporormia fimetaria CBS119925.
Image Credit: Pedro Crous.
Image Credit: Pedro Crous.
Sporormia fimetaria (Sporormiaceae, Pleosporales) is a
widely distributed coprophilous fungus. For example, it has been
studied growing on dung from several mammals in Greenland,
including musk ox, reindeer, roe-deer, and sheep (Dissing 1992).
The pseudothecia (ascocarps) grow superficially or partly submerged
in the dung and are globose or subglobose. The asci develop firmly
packed spores resembling corncobs that consist of 16 and sometimes
more cells. The spores have elastical appendages, holding them
together upon release. Sporormia fimetaria is the type
species of the Sporormiaceae and is closely related to additional
genera (Preussia, Westerdykella) occurring on
dung (Kruys and Wedin 2009).
References:
- Dissing H. 1992. Notes on the coprophilous pyrenomycete Sporormia fimetaria. Persoonia 14(4): 389 – 394.
- Kruys A., Wedin M. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships and an assessment of traditionally used taxonomic characters in the Sporormiaceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes, Ascomycota), utilising multi-gene phylogenies. Systematics and Biodiversity 7(4): 465 – 478.
Genome Reference(s)
Please cite the following publication(s) if you use the data from this genome in your research:
Haridas S, Albert R, Binder M, Bloem J, LaButti K, Salamov A, Andreopoulos B, Baker SE, Barry K, Bills G, Bluhm BH, Cannon C, Castanera R, Culley DE, Daum C, Ezra D, González JB, Henrissat B, Kuo A, Liang C, Lipzen A, Lutzoni F, Magnuson J, Mondo SJ, Nolan M, Ohm RA, Pangilinan J, Park HJ, RamÃrez L, Alfaro M, Sun H, Tritt A, Yoshinaga Y, Zwiers LH, Turgeon BG, Goodwin SB, Spatafora JW, Crous PW, Grigoriev IV
101 Dothideomycetes genomes: A test case for predicting lifestyles and emergence of pathogens.
Stud Mycol. 2020 Jun;96():141-153. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2020.01.003
Haridas S, Albert R, Binder M, Bloem J, LaButti K, Salamov A, Andreopoulos B, Baker SE, Barry K, Bills G, Bluhm BH, Cannon C, Castanera R, Culley DE, Daum C, Ezra D, González JB, Henrissat B, Kuo A, Liang C, Lipzen A, Lutzoni F, Magnuson J, Mondo SJ, Nolan M, Ohm RA, Pangilinan J, Park HJ, RamÃrez L, Alfaro M, Sun H, Tritt A, Yoshinaga Y, Zwiers LH, Turgeon BG, Goodwin SB, Spatafora JW, Crous PW, Grigoriev IV
101 Dothideomycetes genomes: A test case for predicting lifestyles and emergence of pathogens.
Stud Mycol. 2020 Jun;96():141-153. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2020.01.003
