Hypocreales » Stachybotryaceae

Stachybotrys

Stachybotrys Corda, Icon. fung. (Prague) 1: 21 (1837)

Note: Type specie of Stachybotrys is Stachybotrys atra (= S. chartarum).  Pinruan et al. (2004) provided a key for Stachybotrys that includes 50 species. Stachybotrys are found on damp papers, cotton, linen, soil, litter and other indoor environments as saprobes or pathogens (Ellis 1971, 1976, Jie et al. 2013, Wang et al. 2015). Most Stachybotrys species have been described from asexual morphs, and only S. oleronensis is described as the sexual morph with phylogenetic support (Lechat et al. 2013, Crous et al. 2014). Recently, Melanopsamma and Ornatispora were linked as the sexual morphs of Stachybotrys (Lechat et al. 2013, Wang et al. 2015). Currently, 93 species are accepted in this genus and 12 species are phylogenetically studied (Wijayawardene et al. 2022).

 

Species recorded from soil:

Stachybotrys chartarum (Wang et al. 2015).

S. jiangziensis from forest soil in China (Wu & Zhang 2010).

S. subcylindrospora from forest soils in China and Thailand (Jie et al. 2013, Yasanthika et al. 2020)

S. xigazenensis from forest soil in China (Wu & Zhang 2010).

 

 

References:

Crous PW, Shivasr G, Quaedvliegw, Van Derbank M et al. 2014 – Fungal Planet description sheets: 214–280. Persoonia 32, 184 –306.

Ellis MB. 1971 – Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey, England.

Ellis MB. 1976 – More Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey, England.

Jie CY, Geng K, Jiang Y–L, Xu JJ 2013 – Stachybotrys from soil in China, identified by morphology and molecular phylogeny. Mycological Progress 12, 693–698.

Lechat C, Hairaud M, Lesage-Meessen L. 2013 – Stachybotrys oleronensis Lechat, Hairaud & Lesage–Messen, sp. nov., Fungal Planet 208. Persoonia 31, 282–283

Pinruan U, McKenzie EH, Jones EG, Hyde KD. 2004 – Two new species of Stachybotrys, and a key to the genus. Fungal Diversity 17, 145–157.

Wang Y, Hyde K, Mckenzie E, Jiang YL et al. 2015 – Overview of Stachybotrys (Memnoniella) and current species status. Fungal Diversity 71, 17–83.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Dai DQ, Sánchez-García M et al. 2022 – Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa-2021. Mycosphere 13, 53–453.

Wu YM, Zhang TY. 2010 – Two new species of Stachybotrys from soil. Mycotaxon 114, 459–462.

Yasanthika WAE, Wanasinghe DN, Karunarathna SC, Bhat DJ et al. 2020 – Two new Sordariomycetes records from forest soils in Thailand. Asian Journal of Mycology 3, 456–472.

 

 

Source:

Data were reprinted with permission from:

Yasanthika WAE, Wanasinghe DN, Karunarathna SC, Bhat DJ, Samarakoon SMBC, Ren GC, Monkai J, Mortimer PE, Hyde KD 2020 – Two new Sordariomycetes records from forest soils in Thailand. Asian Journal of Mycology 3(1), 456–472, Doi 10.5943/ajom/3/1/16-in AJOM

 

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