CBS Centenary: 100 Years of Fungal Biodiversity and Ecology

Editor(s): Pedro W. Crous, Robert A. Samson, Walter Gams, Richard C. Summerbell, Teun Boekhout, G. Sybren de Hoog, and Joost A. Stalpers
Details: 580pp., fully illustrated with colour pictures (A4 format), paperback, 2004

ISBN:90-70351-54-4

This Issue of Studies in Mycology deals with vegetative growth and development of Aspergillus in general and A. niger in particular. Aspergillus niger is a member of the Aspergillus section Nigri, a group of 26 species that are dubbed “the black Aspergilli”. Aspergillus niger is a cosmopolitan fungus. It can be isolated from all continents and is not very selective with respect to environmental conditions. Aspergillus niger is used as a cell factory for the production of enzymes and metabolites such as organic acids.

This Issue starts with a review on molecular mechanisms underlying differentiation processes in the vegetative mycelium and during asexual and sexual development of aspergilli.

The articles of van Leeuwen et al. show that the RNA composition of dormant conidia is highly different from that of germinating conidia (i.e. of conidia during isotropic and polarized growth). The transcriptome of conidia changes most dramatically during the first two hours of germination enabling initiation of protein synthesis and respiration. The antifungal natamycin does neither affect differential expression of genes nor germination of A. niger conidia during the first 2 h of the process. Notably, subsequent stages of germination were effectively blocked by the anti-fungal and the transcriptome inside the cells had changed thoroughly. The article of van Veluw et al. focusses on stages following germination namely the formation of micro-colonies. It is shown that micro-colonies of a control strain are smaller and more heterogeneous in size when compared to strains in which pigmentation genes are inactivated. These results are of interest from a biotechnological point of view since productivity is related to the morphology of micro-colonies. The results of Van Veluw et al. also indicate the existence of transcriptionally and translationally highly active and lowly active hyphae in 1 mm wide micro-colonies of A. niger as was previously shown in macro-colonies with a diameter of about 5-7 cm. However, the existence of distinct populations of hyphae with high and low transcriptional and translational activity seems to be less robust when compared to macro-colonies. Why colonies have hyphae with different transcriptional and translational activity is still not clear but it may have a role in survival in an environment where conditions are dynamic. The article of Bleichrodt et al. focusses on sporulating colonies. Evidence is presented that GFP but not mRNA streams from the vegetative mycelium to conidiophores. Apparently, flow of molecules to the reproductive structure is selective. Absence of RNA streaming would explain why distinct RNA profiles were found in the aerial mycelium when compared to the vegetative mycelium. Future studies should reveal why GFP flows but mRNA does not.

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Preface

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Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures: hundred years microbial resource centre
Robert A. Samson, Huub A. van der Aa and G. Sybren de Hoog. Studies in Mycology 50: 1–8.

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Fungal diversity and its implications for genetic resource collections
David L. Hawksworth. Studies in Mycology 50: 9–18.

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MycoBank: an online initiative to launch mycology into the 21st century
Pedro W. Crous, Walter Gams, Joost A. Stalpers, Vincent Robert and Gerrit Stegehuis. Studies in Mycology 50: 19–22.

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New ochratoxin A producing species of Aspergillus section Circumdati
Jens C. Frisvad, J. Mick Frank, Jos A.M.P. Houbraken, Angelina F.A. Kuijpers and Robert A. Samson. Studies in Mycology 50: 23–43.

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New ochratoxin A or sclerotium producing species in Aspergillus section Nigri
Robert A. Samson, Jos A.M.P. Houbraken, Angelina F.A. Kuijpers, J. Mick Frank and Jens C. Frisvad. Studies in Mycology 50: 45–61.

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Two new species of Sphaerodes from Spanish soils
Dania García, Alberto M. Stchigel and Josep Guarro. Studies in Mycology 50: 63–68.

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Metschnikowia similis sp. nov. and Metschnikowia colocasiae sp. nov., two ascomycetous yeasts isolated from Conotelus spp. (Coleoptera Nitidulidae) in Costa Rica
Marc-André Lachance and Jane M. Bowles. Studies in Mycology 50: 69–76.

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A new species of Achaetomium from Indian soil
Kendra Rodríguez, Alberto M. Stchigel, José F. Cano and Josep Guarro. Studies in Mycology 50: 77–82.

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Ramophialophora, a new anamorphic genus of Sordariales
Misericordia Calduch, Josepa Gené, Alberto M. Stchigel, José F. Cano and Josep Guarro. Studies in Mycology 50: 83–88.

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Torrubiella piperis sp. nov. (Clavicipitaceae, Hypocreales), a new teleomorph of the Lecanicillium complex
Joseph F. Bischoff and James F. White, Jr. Studies in Mycology 50: 89–92.

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Conioscyphascus, a new ascomycetous genus for holomorphs with Conioscypha anamorphs
Martina Réblová and Keith A. Seifert. Studies in Mycology 50: 95–108.

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Novel dematiaceous hyphomycetes
Emory G. Simmons. Studies in Mycology 50: 109–118.

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Chrysoporthe, a new genus to accommodate Cryphonectria cubensis
Marieka Gryzenhout, Henrietta Myburg, Nicolaas A. van der Merwe, Brenda D. Wingfield and Michael J. Wingfield. Studies in Mycology 50: 119–142.

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Coronatomyces cubensis gen. et sp. nov., a new ascomycete from Cuban soil
Dania García, Alberto M. Stchigel, José Cano and Josep Guarro. Studies in Mycology 50: 143–148.

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Hormonema carpetanum sp. nov., a new lineage of dothideaceous black yeasts from Spain
Gerald F. Bills, Javier Collado, Constantino Ruibal, Fernando Peláez and Gonzalo Platas.Studies in Mycology 50: 149–157.

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Three new species of Oidiodendron Robak from Spain
Misericordia Calduch, Josepa Gené, José Cano, Alberto M. Stchigel & Josep Guarro.Studies in Mycology 50: 159–170.

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Four new species of Chaetosphaeria from New Zealand and redescription of Dictyochaeta fuegiana
Martina Réblová. Studies in Mycology 50: 171–186.

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Prosopidicola mexicana gen. et. sp. nov., causing a new pod disease of Prosopis species
Cheryl L. Lennox, Maryna Serdani, Johannes Z. Groenewald and Pedro W. Crous. Studies in Mycology 50: 187–194.

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Phylogenetic reassessment of Mycosphaerella spp. and their anamorphs occurring on Eucalyptus
Pedro W. Crous, Johannes Z. Groenewald, J. Pedro Mansilla, Gavin C. Hunter and Michael J. Wingfield. Studies in Mycology 50: 195–214.

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Two new species of Chaetomidium (Sordariales)
Alberto M. Stchigel, Josep Guarro, Victoria Jato and María J. Aira. Studies in Mycology 50: 215–220.

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Spirosphaera cupreorufescens sp. nov., a rare aeroaquatic fungus
Hermann Voglmayr. Studies in Mycology 50: 221–228.

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Hapalocystis occidentalis - a new species of Diaporthales from North America and a key to the species of Hapalocystis
Walter M. Jaklitsch and Hermann Voglmayr.Studies in Mycology 50: 229–234.

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Phylogenetic reassessment of the coelomycete genus Harknessia and its teleomorph Wuestneia (Diaporthales), and the introduction of Apoharknessia gen. nov.
Seonju Lee, Johannes Z. Groenewald and Pedro W. Crous. Studies in Mycology 50: 235–252.

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Emarcea castanopsidicola gen. et sp. nov. from Thailand, a new xylariaceous taxon based on morphology and DNA sequences
Lam. M. Duong, Saisamorn Lumyong, Kevin D. Hyde and Rajesh Jeewon. Studies in Mycology 50: 229–234.

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Gibberella gaditjirrii (Fusarium gaditjirrii) sp. nov., a new species from tropical grasses in Australia
Hien T. Phan, Lester W. Burgess, Brett A. Summerell, Suzanne Bullock, Edward C.Y. Liew1, Jillian L. Smith-White1 and John R. Clarkson. Studies in Mycology 50: 229–234.

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Ceratocystis polychroma sp. nov., a new species from Syzygium aromaticum in Sulawesi
Marelize van Wyk, Jolanda Roux, Irene Barnes, Brenda D. Wingfield, Edward C.Y. Liew, B. Assa, Brett A. Summerell and Michael J. Wingfield. Studies in Mycology 50: 273–282.

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A new Acremonium species associated with Fucus spp., and its affinity with a phylogenetically distinct marine Emericellopsis clade
Alga Zuccaro, Richard C. Summerbell, Walter Gams, Hans-Josef Schroers and Julian I. Mitchell. Studies in Mycology 50: 283–297.

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New and interesting species of Monascus from soil, with a key to the known species
Alberto M. Stchigel, José F. Cano1, Samir K. Abdullah and Josep Guarro. Studies in Mycology 50: 299–306.

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Two new ascomycetes with long gelatinous appendages collected from monocots in the tropics
André Aptroot. Studies in Mycology 50: 307-311.

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Lasiodiplodia gonubiensis sp. nov., a new Botryosphaeria anamorph from native Syzygium cordatum in South Africa
Draginja Pavlic, Bernard Slippers, Teresa A. Coutinho, Marieka Gryzenhout and Michael J. Wingfield. Studies in Mycology 50: 313-322.

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Paraconiothyrium, a new genus to accommodate the mycoparasite Coniothyrium minitans, anamorphs of Paraphaeosphaeria, and four new species
Gerard J.M. Verkley, Manuela da Silva, Donald T. Wicklow and Pedro W. Crous. Studies in Mycology 50: 323-335.

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Helicomyxa everhartioides, a new helicosporous sporodochial hyphomycete from Taiwan with relationships to the Hyaloriaceae (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota)
Roland Kirschner and Chee-Jen Chen. Studies in Mycology 50: 337–342.

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Speciation and distribution of Botryosphaeria spp. on native and introduced Eucalyptus trees in Australia and South Africa
Bernard Slippers, Gerda Fourie, Pedro W. Crous, Teresa A. Coutinho, Brenda D. Wingfield, Angus J. Carnegie and Michael J. Wingfield. Studies in Mycology 50: 343-358

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Lachancea meyersii sp. nov., an ascosporogenous yeast from mangrove regions in the Bahama Islands
Jack W. Fell1, Adele Statzell-Tallman and Cletus P. Kurtzman. Studies in Mycology 50: 359-363.

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Ceratocystis bhutanensis sp. nov., associated with the bark beetle Ips schmutzenhoferi on Picea spinulosa in Bhutan
Marelize van Wyk, Jolanda Roux, Irene Barnes, Brenda D. Wingfield, Dal Bahadur Chhetri, Thomas Kirisits and Michael J. Wingfield. Studies in Mycology 50: 365-379.

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Flammispora gen. nov., a new freshwater ascomycete from decaying palm leaves
Umpava Pinruan, Jariya Sakayaroj, E.B. Gareth Jones and Kevin D. Hyde. Studies in Mycology 50: 381-386.

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Pleurostomophora, an anamorph of Pleurostoma (Calosphaeriales), a new anamorph genus morphologically similar to Phialophora
Dhanasekaran Vijaykrishna, Lizel Mostert, Rajesh Jeewon, Walter Gams, Kevin D. Hyde and Pedro W. Crous. Studies in Mycology 50: 387-395.

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Tetrapisispora fleetii sp. nov., a new member of the Saccharomycetaceae
Cletus P. Kurtzman, Adele Statzell-Tallman and Jack W. Fell. Studies in Mycology 50: 397-400.

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Hypocrea flaviconidia, a new species from Costa Rica with yellow conidia
Irina S. Druzhinina, Priscila Chaverri, Payam Fallah, Christian P. Kubicek and Gary J. Samuels, Studies in Mycology 50: 401-407.

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Acremonium exuviarum sp. nov., a lizard-associated fungus with affinity to Emericellopsis
Lynne Sigler, Alga Zuccaro, Richard C. Summerbell, Julian Mitchell and Jean A. Paré. Studies in Mycology 50: 49-413.

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Calonectria species and their Cylindrocladium anamorphs species with sphaeropedunculate vesicles
Pedro W. Crous, Johannes Z. Groenewald, Jean-Michel Risède, Philippe Simoneau and Nigel L. Hywel-Jones, Studies in Mycology 50: 415-430.

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Novel species of Cylindrocarpon (Neonectria) and Campylocarpon gen. nov. associated with black foot disease of grapevines (Vitis spp.)
Francois Halleen, Hans-Josef Schroers, Johannes Z. Groenewald and Pedro W. Crous, Studies in Mycology 50: 431-455.

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Cryptic speciation and host specificity among Mycosphaerellaspp.occurring on Australian Acacia species grown as exotics in the tropics
Pedro W. Crous, Johannes Z. Groenewald, Krisna Pongpanich, Winanda Himaman, Mahdi Arzanlou1and Michael J. Wingfield, Studies in Mycology 50: 457-469.

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Passalora perplexa, an important pleoanamorphic leaf blight pathogen of Acacia crassicarpa in Australia and Indonesia
Vyrna C. Beilharz, Ian G. Pascoe, Michael J. Wingfield, Budi Tjahjono and Pedro W. Crous, Studies in Mycology 50: 471-497.

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New species of Pythium and Phytophthora
Arthur W.A.M. de Cock and C. André Lévesque, Studies in Mycology 50: 229–234.

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Ribosomal gene phylogeny and species delimitation in Geotrichum and its teleomorphs
G. Sybren de Hoog and Maudy Th. Smith, Studies in Mycology 50: 489-515.

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Penicillium cecidicola, a new species on cynipid insect galls on Quercus pacifica in the western United States
Keith A. Seifert, Ellen S. Hoekstra, Jens C. Frisvad and Gerry Louis-Seize, Studies in Mycology 50: 517-523.

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Mating patterns and ITS sequences distinguish the sclerotial species Arachnomyces glareosus sp. nov. and Onychocola sclerotica
Connie Fe C. Gibas Lynne Sigler and Randolph S. Currah, Studies in Mycology 50: 525-531.

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New genera in the Calosphaeriales Togniniella and its anamorph Phaeocrella, and Calosphaeriophora as anamorph of Calosphaeria
Martina Réblová, Lizel Mostert, Walter Gams and Pedro W. Crous, Studies in Mycology 50: 533-550.

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Multigene phylogenies reveal that red band needle blight of Pinus is caused by two distinct species of Dothistroma, D. septosporum and D. pini
Irene Barnes, Pedro W. Crous, Brenda D. Wingfield and Michael J. Wingfield, Studies in Mycology 50: 551-565.

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A new species of Mortierella, and an associated sporangiiferous mycoparasite in a new genus, Nothadelphia
Yousuke Degawa and Walter Gams, Studies in Mycology 50: 567-572.

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