Calcarisporium arbuscula Preuss
(an anamorphic fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesCalcarisporium arbuscula (an anamorphic fungus)
OrderHYPOCREALES (an order of ascomycetes and lichens)
SubclassSORDARIOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of ascomycetes and lichens)
ClassSORDARIOMYCETES (a class of ascomycetes)
SubphylumPEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Calcarisporium arbuscula (an anamorphic fungus) :
1: Calcarisporium arbuscula (an anamorphic fungus)
27 Aug 2008 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Completely covering stromatic pyrenomycete fruitbodies on old dead trunk base of Willow-leaved Pear
Image 1: Close-upImage 2: In situImage 3: In situ (2)Image 4: In situ - close-upImage 5: In situ - close-up (2)Image 6: In situ - close-up (3)Image 7: Close-up - enlargedImage 8: Section through colony - enlargedImage 9: Conidia - highly magnifiedImage 10: Conidiophores and conidia - magnifiedImage 11: Conidiophores and conidia - magnified (2)Image 12: Conidiophores and conidia - highly magnifiedImage 13: Conidiophores and conidia - highly magnified (2)
2: Calcarisporium arbuscula (an anamorphic fungus)
7 Oct 2007 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Anamorph on Hypoxylon fragiforme fruitbodies on fallen Beech twig
Image 1: Infected Hypoxylon fragiforme fruitbodies - highly enlargedImage 2: Infection - magnifiedImage 3: Conidia - magnifiedImage 4: Conidia - highly magnifiedImage 5: Conidiophores (note verticellate branching) - magnifiedImage 6: Conidiophores (note verticellate branching) - magnified (2)Image 7: Conidiophores (note verticellate branching) - magnified (3)Image 8: Conidiophores - magnifiedImage 9: Conidiophores - magnified (2)Image 10: Conidiophore tips - note conidial pegs  - highly magnifiedImage 11: Conidiophore tips - note conidial pegs  - highly magnified (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hoog, G.S. de 1974 The genera Blastobotrys, Sporothrix, Calcarisporium and Calcarisporiella gen. nov. Stud. Mycol. 7.

Calcarisporium arbuscula (an anamorphic fungus) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Calcarisporium arbuscula (an anamorphic fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 15 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Calcarisporium arbuscula (an anamorphic fungus)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)