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Comoclathris lanata

Comoclathris lanata Clem. [as 'Comochlatris'], Gen. fung. (Minneapolis): [173] (1909).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 209341; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00508, Fig. 1

Description: see Zhang et al. (2012); Woudenberg et al. (2013); Ariyawansa et al. (2014); Hyde et al. (2016); Thambugala et al. (2017); Brahmanage et al. (2020).

Material considered: see Zhang et al. (2012); Woudenberg et al. (2013); Ariyawansa et al. (2014); Hyde et al. (2016); Thambugala et al. (2017); Brahmanage et al. (2020).

 

Fig 1. Comoclathris spp. (a–e C. lanata COLO 62872, holotype).  a Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. b Squash mount of ascomata. c Asci. d, e Ascospores (f–r C. galatellae MFLU 17-2454, holotype). f Appearance of ascomata on host substrate. g Section through ascoma. h–j Ascospores. k Peridium. l–n Asci. o–r Conidia formed in culture. Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b, k = 40 μm, c, h–j = 20 μm, d, e = 10 μm, f = 2000 μm, g, l–n = 50 μm, o–r = 2 μm. 

Importance and distribution

Georgousaki et al. (2019) reported a novel skin-whitening agent produced by endophytic Comoclathris associated with desert plants. The chemical applications of Comoclathris warrants further research. There are 39 Comoclathris epithets in Index Fungorum (2022), but several species have been transferred to Clathrospora, Graphyllium and Platysporoides. Comoclathris has a wide host range such as Agastache urticifolia (Lamiaceae), Agoseris glauca (Asteraceae), Aquilegia leptocera (Ranunculaceae), Artemisia sp. (Asteraceae), Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Asteraceae), Brickellia grandiflora (Asteraceae), Castilleja miniata (Orobanchaceae), Clematis hirsutissima (Ranunculaceae), Helianthus sp. (Asteraceae), Juncus balticus (Juncaceae) and Ligusticum purpureum (Apiaceae). Comoclathris has been recorded from Europe (Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine) and The United States (California, Nebraska, Utah, Washington, Wyoming).

 

References

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Brahmanage RS, Dayarathne MC, Wanasinghe DN, Thambugala KM et al. 2020 – Taxonomic novelties of saprobic Pleosporales from selected dicotyledons and grasses. Mycosphere 11(1), 2481–2541. Doi 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/15

Georgousaki K, Tsafantakis N, Gumeni S, Gonzalez-Menendez V et al. 2019 – Cercospora sp. as a source of anti-aging polyketides targeting 26S proteasome and scale-up production in submerged bioreactor. Journal of Biotechnology 301, 88–96.

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Shoemaker RA, Babcock CE. 1992 – Applanodictyosporous Pleosporales: Clathrospora, Comoclathris, Graphyllium, Macrospora, and Platysporoides. Canadian Journal of Botany 70, 1617–1658.

Thambugala KM, Daranagama DA, Phillips AJ, Bulgakov TS et al. 2017 – Microfungi on Tamarix. Fungal Diversity 82, 239–306.

Woudenberg JHC, Groenewald JZ, Binder M, Crous PW. 2013 – Alternaria redefined. Studies in Mycology 75, 171–212.

Zhang Y, Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD. 2012 – Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 53, 1–221.

Zhang Y, Koko TW, Hyde KD. 2011 – Towards a monograph of Dothideomycetes: studies on Diademaceae. Cryptogamie Mycologie 32, 115126.

 

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