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(Hyphomycetes) (Moulds)

Further Information

Notes (MWS) 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.
Diagnostic features 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.

Sets of Photographs

These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.

Taxon Summary # images # photos # macrophotos # microphotos Date Vice-county Country
Hyphomycetes Fruitbody 14 6 3 5 21 Oct 2001 Berks England
Hyphomycetes Imperfect stage 8 1 7 21 Aug 2005 East Inverness-shire Scotland
Hyphomycetes Imperfect stage 7 6 1 17 Oct 2000 Berks England
Hyphomycetes Conidiospore(s) 5 5 24 Dec 1998 Berks England
Hyphomycetes Conidiospore(s) 4 4 24 Dec 1998 Berks England
Hyphomycetes Conidiospore(s) 3 3 24 Dec 1998 Berks England
Hyphomycetes Imperfect stage 3 3 10 Nov 1974 Surrey England
Hyphomycetes Conidiospore(s) 2 2 25 Aug 2012 Denbigh Wales
Hyphomycetes Conidiospore(s) 1 1 25 Aug 2012 Denbigh Wales
Hyphomycetes Conidiospore(s) 1 1 25 Aug 2012 Denbigh Wales
Hyphomycetes Conidiospore(s) 1 1 24 Dec 1998 Berks England

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Form genus Aposphaeria Berk., 1880 (a form genus of coelomycetes)     8 13  
Form genus Dendrospora Ingold, 1943 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1     16  
Form genus Oidium Link, 1809 (a genus of anamorphic powdery mildews) 1        
Anamorphic Species Oidium lauracearum Graniti & U. Braun, 1998 (an anamorphic powdery mildew)         1
Form genus Flabellospora Alas., 1968 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1     10  
Form genus Flagellospora Ingold, 1942 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 2        
Anamorphic Species Flagellospora curvula Ingold, 1942 (an anamorphic fungus)       1  
Species Flagellospora penicillioides Ingold, 1944 (a fungus)         1
Form genus Lemonniera De Wild., 1894 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1     2  
Form genus Mastigosporium Riess, 1852 (a genus of anamorphic ascomycetes causing grass leaf-spots)         3
Form genus Refractohilum D. Hawksw., 1977 (a genus of lichenicolous anamorphic fungi) 1        
Anamorphic Species Refractohilum galligenum D. Hawksw., 1977 (a lichenicolous anamorphic ascomycete)         1
Form genus Sclerococcum Fr., 1819 (a genus of lichenicolous anamorphic fungi) 1        
Anamorphic Species Sclerococcum sphaerale (Ach. ex Ficinus & C. Schub.) Fr., 1819 (a lichenicolous dematiaceous anamorphic ascomycete)         1
Form genus Scolecobasidium E.V. Abbott, 1927 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 2       3
Form genus Sesquicillium W. Gams, 1968 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1   6 12  
Form genus Cercosporella Sacc., 1880 (a genus of anamorphic ascomycetes)         1
Form genus Ramularia Unger, 1833 (a genus of plant-pathogenic anamorphic hyphomycetes) 24 195 145 127 7
Form genus Alatospora Ingold, 1942 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1     14  
Form genus Bloxamia Berk. & Broome, 1854 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1 2 2 7  
Form genus Tricladium Ingold, 1942 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 2     6 1
Form genus Cristulariella Höhn., 1916 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1        
Anamorphic Species Cristulariella depraedans (Cooke) Höhn., 1916 (an anamorphic fungus)   12 20 8 1
Form genus Tetracladium De Wild., 1893 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 2     20  
Form genus Arthrobotrys Corda, 1839 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 4       6
Form genus Dactylella Grove, 1884 (a genus of nematode parasitic fungi) 5       7
Form genus Monacrosporium Oudem., 1885 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 2       3
Form genus Chromelosporium Corda, 1833 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 3        
Anamorphic Species Chromelosporium carneum (Pers.) Hennebert, 1973 (an anamorphic fungus)     13 11  
Anamorphic Species Chromelosporium ochraceum Corda, 1833 (an anamorphic fungus)     6 14  
Anamorphic Species Chromelosporium terrestre (Fr.) M.B. Ellis, 1976 (an anamorphic fungus)         1
Form genus Anguillospora Ingold, 1942 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 2        
Anamorphic Species Anguillospora crassa Ingold, 1958 (an anamorphic fungus)       7  
Anamorphic Species Anguillospora longissima (Sacc. & P. Syd.) Ingold, 1942 (an anamorphic fungus)       6  
Form genus Epicoccum Link, 1815 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1        
Anamorphic Species Epicoccum nigrum Link, 1815 (a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus)     5 19 3
Form genus Paecilomyces Bainier, 1907 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 3 4     4
Form genus Geniculospora (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1        
Anamorphic Species Geniculospora inflata (Ingold) Sv. Nilsson ex Marvanová & Sv. Nilsson, 1971 (an anamorphic fungus)         1
Form genus Chalara (Corda) Rabenh., 1844 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1       3
Form genus Neotyphodium Glenn., Baker & Hanlin (an anamorphic choke fungus)   7 6 1 1
Form genus Beauveria Vuill., 1912 (a genus of anamorphic entomopathogenic fungi)         2
Form genus Gibellula Cavara, 1894 (a genus of anamorphic entomopathogenic fungi) 2   4 6 2
Form genus Mycogone (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 3 12 13 23 2
Form genus Cylindrocladium Morgan, 1892 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 2       4
Form genus Fusarium Link, 1809 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 13 6   7 21
Form genus Volutella Fr., 1832 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1   2 9  
Form genus Hirsutella Pat., 1892 (a genus of anamorphic entomopathogenic fungi) 1 1 13 26 1
Form genus Stilbella Lindau, 1900 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1 4 4 4 2
Form genus Trichothecium Link, 1809 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1 1      
Form genus Verticillium Nees, 1816 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 4 3 9 14 5
Form genus Nodulisporium Preuss, 1849 (a genus of anamorphic fungi) 1        
Anamorphic Species Nodulisporium cecidiogenes Jørg. Koch, 1994 (an anamorphic fungus)     6   1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cooke, R.C. & Godfrey, B.E.S., 1964 A Key to the Nematode-Destroying Fungi
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook

Aero-aquatic fungi

Ingold, C.T., 1967 Spores from Foam
Ingold, C.T., 1975 Guide to Aquatic Hyphomycetes
Ingold, C.T., 1979 Advances in the study of so-called aquatic hyphomycetes

Dung fungi

Seifert, K., Kendrick, B. & Murase, G., 1983 A key to Hyphomycetes on dung

Lichenicolous fungi

Hawksworth, D.L., 1979 The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes

Plant pathology

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Moore, W.C., 1959 British Parasitic Fungi

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 general literature references to (Hyphomycetes) (Moulds)

(Hyphomycetes) may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)		 Anamorphic fungi
(mitosporic fungi)
Fungi sl.

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1107 feeding and other relationships of (Hyphomycetes) (Moulds)

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