Sesquicillium buxi (J.C. Schmidt ex Link) W. Gams
(an anamorphic fungus)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Anamorphic SpeciesSesquicillium buxi (an anamorphic fungus)
SpeciesClonostachys buxi (a fungus)
GenusClonostachys (a genus of fungi)
FamilyBIONECTRIACEAE (a family of prenomycetes and lichens)
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 Sesquicillium buxi (an anamorphic fungus) :
1: Sesquicillium buxi (an anamorphic fungus)
7 Oct 2000 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on fallen dead Box leaves
Image 1: Mycelium - close-upImage 2: Mycelium - close-up (2)Image 3: Mycelium - close-up (3)Image 4: Mycelium on under surface of dead Box leafImage 5: Mycelium on under surface of dead Box leaf (2)Image 6: Under surface of dead Box leaf with myceliumImage 7: Basal sausage-shaped cellsImage 8: Conidial chainsImage 9: Conidial chains (2)Image 10: Conidial chains (3)Image 11: Conidial chains (4)Image 12: Conidiophore & conidiaImage 13: ConidiophoreImage 14: Conidiophore apexImage 15: Conidiophore - apexImage 16: Conidiophores & conidiaImage 17: ConidiophoresImage 18: Conidiophores (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Schroers, H.J. Generic delimitation of Bionectria (Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales) based on holomorph characters and rDNA sequences White, J.F.Jr., Sullivan, R., Moy, M., Patel, R. & Duncan, R. An overview of problems in the classification of plant-parasitic Clavicipitaceae, 11pp, Molecules, morphology and classification: Towards monophyletic genera in the Ascomycetes

Sesquicillium buxi (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 Sesquicillium buxi (an anamorphic fungus)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sesquicillium buxi (an anamorphic fungus)
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