Acrostalagmus

Acrostalagmus is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Plectosphaerellaceae.[1]

Acrostalagmus
Acrostalagmus annulatus found on decaying palm frond in a greenhouse
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Hypocreaceae
Genus: Acrostalagmus
Corda, 1838
Extant species
  • Acrostalagmus albus
  • Acrostalagmus luteoalbus

The genus was described in 1838 by August Carl Joseph Corda.[1] The commonest species is a hyphomycete, Acrostalagmus luteoalbus, which makes verticillate conidiophores with orange balls of slimy 1-celled conidia. It grows on dung and other kinds of debris. The species was often classified in Verticillium until DNA phylogenies suggested that the root-pathogenic species of that genus are distinct.[2] The synnematous species Acrostalagmus annulatus is also relatively common.[3]

Species:

  • Acrostalagmus albus
  • Acrostalagmus annulatus
  • Acrostalagmus luteoalbus

References

  1. "Acrostalagmus". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. Gams, Walter; Zare, Rasoul (2001). "A revision of Verticillium sect. Prostrata. III. Generic classification" (PDF). Nova Hedwigia. 72 (3–4): 329–337. doi:10.1127/nova.hedwigia/72/2001/329. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. Seifert, Keith A. (1985). "A Monograph of Stilbella and Some Allied Hyphomycetes". Studies in Mycology. 27. Baarn, Netherlands: Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures. doi:10.2307/3807446. JSTOR 3807446.


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