Corollospora Explained

Corollospora is a genus of fungi in the Halosphaeriaceae family.^[1] The genus contained 19 species in 2008,^[2] it increased to 29 species by 2023.

Corollospora maritima is a marine ascomycete species.^[3] While, arenicolous (living or burrowing in sand) ascomycete Corollospora cinnamomea was found on a beach in Puerto Rico.^[4]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;^[5]

• Corollospora anglusa
• Corollospora angusta
• Corollospora armoricana
• Corollospora baravispora
• Corollospora besarispora
• Corollospora borealis
• Corollospora californica
• Corollospora cinnamomea ^[4]
• Corollospora colossus
• Corollospora cristata
• Corollospora filiformis
• Corollospora fusca
• Corollospora gracilis
• Corollospora indica
• Corollospora intermedia
• Corollospora lacera
• Corollospora luteola
• Corollospora marina
• Corollospora maritima ^[3]
• Corollospora mediterranea
• Corollospora mesopotamica
• Corollospora novofusca
• Corollospora parvula
• Corollospora portsaidica
• Corollospora pseudopulchella
• Corollospora pulchella
• Corollospora quinqueseptata
• Corollospora ramulosa
• Corollospora trifurcata

Former species;^[5]

• C. comata = Nereiospora comata, Halosphaeriaceae
• C. tubulata = Kohlmeyeriella tubulata, Lulworthiaceae

External links

• Corollospora at Index Fungorum

Notes and References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM . December 2007 . Outline of Ascomycota  - 2007 . Myconet . 13 . 1 - 58 . The Field Museum, Department of Botany . Chicago, USA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp . 2009-03-18 .
2. Book: Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA . Dictionary of the Fungi . limited . 10th . CABI . Wallingford . 2008. 0-85199-826-7. 172.
3. Bebout . B. . Schatz . S. . Kohlmeyer . J. . Haibach . M. . Temperature-dependent growth in isolates of Corollospora maritima Werderm. (Ascomycetes) from different geographical regions . Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology . 30 March 1987 . 106 . 3 . 203-210 . 10.1016/0022-0981(87)90093-1.
4. Kohlmeyer . J. . Volkmann-Kohlmeyer . B. . Reflections on the genus Corollospora (Ascomycetes) . Transactions of the British Mycological Society . March 1987 . 88 . 2 . 181-188 . 10.1016/S0007-1536(87)80213-9.
5. Web site: Species Fungorum - Search Page - Corollospora . www.speciesfungorum.org . 21 July 2023.