Microascus brevicaulis sp. nov., the Teleomorph of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, Supports Placement of Scopulariopsis with the Microascaceae

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Abbott, Sean P.
  • Sigler, Lynne
  • Currah, R.S.

• Five isolates of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis have been found to form perithecia in addition to typical conidia. The teleomorph is described as Microascus brevicaulis sp. nov., characterized by small (70-130 pLm diam), black, ostiolate ascocarps that are papillate or very short-necked, and with a peridium of textura angularis. The ascospores are reniform, 5- 6 X 3.5-4.5 ,um, smooth, and pale orange in mass. Although other species of Microascus produce a Scopulariopsis state in culture, this discovery now definitively links S. brevicaulis, the type species of Scopulariopsis, to the Microascaceae.

• Date created

  1998

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Systematics
  • Holomorph
  • Hyphomycetes
  • Microascales
  • Anamorph-teleomorph connections
  • Ascomycota

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3455Q

• License

  Copyright 1998 by The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458-5126