Corallonectria

Corallonectria
Corallomycetella jatrophae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Nectriaceae
Genus:	Corallonectria C. Herrera & P. Chaverri 2013
Type species
Corallonectria jatrophae (Möller) C. Herrera & P. Chaverri 2013
Synonyms
Corallomyces jatrophaeMöller, (1901) Corallomycetella jatrophae(Möller) Rossman & Samuels, (1999) Nectria jatrophae(Möller) Wollenw., (1931)

Corallonectria is a genus of ascomycete fungi in the family Nectriaceae. ^{[1] [2]} Species of Corallonectria are Neotropical. ^{[1] [3]} These fungi are characterized by the formation of brightly colored rhizomorphs and of copulated synnematous fusarium-like asexual morphs in culture. ^[1] The asexual morph in nature has been rarely observed (e.g. a specimen collection from Panama in Mushroom Observer). The sexual fruiting bodies are furfuraceous and usually seated at the base of a reddish synnemata. ^{[1] [3]} It is a monotypic genus containing the sole species Corallonectria jatrophae. ^{[1] [2]} This species was formerly classified under Corallomycetella . ^[1]

References

1. Herrera, Cesar S.; Rossman, Amy Y.; Samuels, G.J.; Lechat, Christian; Chaverri, P. (2013). "Revision of the genus Corallomycetella with Corallonectria gen. nov. for C. jatrophae (Nectriaceae, Hypocreales)". Mycosystema. 32: 518–544.
2. Lombard, L; van der Merwe, N.A.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Crous, P.W. (2015). "Generic concepts in Nectriaceae". Studies in Mycology. 80: 189–245. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.12.002. PMC   4779799 . PMID   26955195.
3. Rossman, Amy Y.; Samuels, G.J.; Rogerson, C.T.; Lowen, R. (1999). "Genera of Bionectriaceae, Hypocreaceae and Nectriaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycetes)". Studies in Mycology. 42: 1–248.

External links

• Corallonectria in Index Fungorum