Acrostalagmus Explained

Acrostalagmus is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Plectosphaerellaceae.^[1]

The genus was described in 1838 by August Carl Joseph Corda. The commonest species is a hyphomycete, Acrostalagmus luteoalbus, which makes verticillate conidiophores with orange balls of slimy 1-celled conidia. It grows on dung and other kinds of debris. The species was often classified in Verticillium until DNA phylogenies suggested that the root-pathogenic species of that genus are distinct.^[2] The synnematous species Acrostalagmus annulatus is also relatively common.^[3]

Species:

• Acrostalagmus albus
• Acrostalagmus annulatus
• Acrostalagmus luteoalbus

Notes and References

1. Web site: Acrostalagmus . www.mycobank.org . 20 January 2021.
2. Gams . Walter . Zare . Rasoul . A revision of Verticillium sect. Prostrata. III. Generic classification . Nova Hedwigia . 2001 . 72 . 3–4 . 329–337 . 10.1127/nova.hedwigia/72/2001/329 . 13 October 2020 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20201013201722/http://cordyceps.us/files/Gams_and_Zare_2001_III.PDF . 13 October 2020.
3. Seifert . Keith A. . 1985 . A Monograph of Stilbella and Some Allied Hyphomycetes . Studies in Mycology . 27 . 10.2307/3807446 . Baarn, Netherlands . Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures. 3807446 .