[Hyphomycetes] Fr.
(moulds)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
PhylumASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of [Hyphomycetes] (moulds) :
1: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
25 Aug 2012 OSGR: SH75 53° 10’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: Denbigh (VC 50) Wales
Conidia in foam sample
Image 1: Conidium - magnified
2: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
25 Aug 2012 OSGR: SH75 53° 10’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: Denbigh (VC 50) Wales
Conidia in foam sample
Image 1: Conidium - highly magnified
3: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
21 Aug 2005 OSGR: NH90 57° 10’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: East Inverness-shire (VC 96) Scotland
In aborted Aecia of Gymnosporangium cornutum on Rowan leaves
Image 1: Aborted rust aecia like the ones found to be infected - highly enlargedImage 2: Conidiophore - in bubble - magnifiedImage 3: Conidiophores - magnifiedImage 4: Conidiophores - magnified (2)Image 5: Conidiophores - magnified (3)Image 6: Conidiophores - magnified (4)Image 7: Conidiophores - magnified (5)Image 8: Conidiophores - magnified (6)
4: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
21 Oct 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Infection on Hygrocybe virginea in short turf
Image 1: Infected cap of Hygrocybe virgineaImage 2: Infected caps of Hygrocybe virgineaImage 3: Infected caps - undersideImage 4: Infected Hygrocybe virgineaImage 5: Infection - close-upImage 6: Infection on cap of Hygrocybe virgineaImage 7: Infection - magnifiedImage 8: Infection spots - magnifiedImage 9: Infection spots - magnified (2)Image 10: SporesImage 11: Spores (2)Image 12: Spores and young sporophoreImage 13: SporophoresImage 14: Sporophores (2)
5: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
17 Oct 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on dead standing Reed stem in Reed swamp
Image 1: Growth formImage 2: Growth form (2)Image 3: Growth form (3)Image 4: Growth form (4)Image 5: Growth form (5)Image 6: Growth form (6)Image 7: Microscopic structure
6: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
24 Dec 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in foam sample
Image 1: Conidia of various species from foam sampleImage 2: Conidia of various species from foam sample (2)Image 3: Conidia of various species from foam sample (3)Image 4: Conidiophore from foam sampleImage 5: Conidium of unknown species
7: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
24 Dec 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in foam sample
Image 1: ConidiumImage 2: Conidium (2)Image 3: Conidium (3)Image 4: Conidium (4)
8: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
24 Dec 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in foam sample
Image 1: ConidiumImage 2: Conidium (2)Image 3: Conidium (3)
9: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
24 Dec 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in foam sample
Image 1: Conidium
10: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
10 Nov 1974 OSGR: SU96 51° 20’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Dematiaceous hyphomycete on peat
Image 1: Conidia - magnifiedImage 2: Conidia - magnified (2)Image 3: Conidiophore bases - magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooke, R.C. & Godfrey, B.E.S. 1964 A Key to the Nematode-Destroying Fungi TBMS 47 (1): 61-74.
() Ellis, M.B. & J.P. 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook 2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Navi, S.S., Bandyopadhyay, R., Hall, A.J. & Bramel-Cox, P.J. 1999 A Pictorial Guide for the Identification of Mold Fungi on Sorghum Grain Information Bulletin, No. 59, 118pp, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Aero-aquatic Fungi

Descals, E. et al 1989 Aquatic Hyphomycetes
() Gulis, V., Marvanoova, L. & Descals, E. An illustrated key to the common temperate species of aquatic hyphomycetes Gulis, V., Marvanoova, L. & Descals, E. An illustrated key to the common temperate species of aquatic hyphomycetes, 15pp, Methods to study litter decomposition: a practical guide
Ingold, C.T. 1979 Advances in the study of so-called aquatic hyphomycetes American Journal of Botany Vol 66 (2): 218-226.
Ingold, C.T. 1975 *** Guide to Aquatic Hyphomycetes ***(Superseded) Scientific Publication, No. 30, 96pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Ingold, C.T. 1968 More spores from rivers and streams TBMS Vol 51 (1): 137-143+Plate.
Ingold, C.T. 1967 Spores from Foam Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 01 (2): 60-63.
Ingold, C.T. 1965 Hyphomycete spores from mountain torrents TBMS Vol 48 (3): 453-458.
Ingold, C.T. 1942 Aquatic hyphomycetes of decaying Alder leaves TBMS Vol 25(4): 339-417, 6 Plates.

Dung Fungi

Seifert, K., Kendrick, B. & Murase, G. 1983 A key to Hyphomycetes on dung Biology Series, No. 27, 61pp, University of Waterloo

Generic Guides

Seifert, K., Morgan-Jones, G., Gams, W. & Kendrick, B.

2011 The Genera of Hyphomycetes Biodiversity Series, 997pp, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures

Lichenicolous Fungi

Hawksworth, D.L., Atienza, V. & Coppins, B.J. 2010 Artifical Keys to the Lichenicolous Fungi of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands, Iberian Peninsula, and Canary Islands
Hawksworth, D.L. 1979 The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes Bull. Br. mus. nat. hist. bot. Vol 6 (3): 183-300.

Plant Pathology

() Ellis, M.B. & J.P. 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook 2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Moore, W.C. 1959 British Parasitic Fungi 430pp, Cambridge University Press

[Hyphomycetes] (moulds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1,079 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)

Hyphomycetes are an unnatural (polyphyletic) group which is, basically, a dumping ground for those fungi of which the perfect (sexual) stage is unknown. Most are ascomycetes, but their reproduction is primarily by means of asexual spores (conidia). Under the right conditions many will produce fruiting bodies and their relationships can then be ascertained; often they turn out to be species which are already known.

The true identities of the hyphomycetes are slowly being ellucidated by culturing and, more recently, DNA analysis and the classification will eventually disappear. Nevertheless "hyphomycete" remains a useful descriptive term for the asexual states of ascomycetes.

Mycology has been called "The Study of Spores" and nowhere is this more the case than in the Hyphomycetes. The range of spore (conidia) shapes is truly astonishing, although one perhaps needs to have previously spent a few years studying agarics to appreciate the diversity!

The conidiophores are also of diagnostic importance.

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