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Recent Advances on Occurrence of Genus Chaetomium on Dung

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Recent Developments on Genus Chaetomium

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The genus Chaetomium is a member of Chaetomiaceae (Sordariomycetes: Sordariales) with saprobic or parasitic species, growing on plant debris, dung, soil, and other substrates. We briefly described advances and status of Chaetomium on dung in recent years, based on both morphological and molecular characters. It is highlighted that the tipping point to increase our understanding on Chaetomium species ecology and biology is to consider potential substrates where it can be found, as dung, once that genus is not highly specialized to a specific substrate. An advanced knowledge on ecology of this dung-inhabiting fungi will facilitate ecological research and efforts to recognize benefits from secondary metabolites of these fungi as a better understanding of its potential as a plant or animal pathogen. Consequently, a better diagnosis of new Chaetomium species on dung, an extreme environment, will help to achieve maximum benefits from these microorganisms in biotechnological applications.

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List of current Chaetomium species, in accordance with the Index Fungorum Partnership (http://www.indexfungorum.org). For recent publications with occurrences of species on dung, see the Table 4.2.

Chaetomium abietinum Ellis & Everh.

None

C. acropullum X.Wei Wang

None

C. affine Corda

None

C. africanum L.M. Ames

None

C. afropilosum X.Wei Wang, Crous & L. Lombard

None

C. alboavenulum L.M. Ames

None

C. alchemillae Wallr.

None

C. amberpetense P.Rama Rao & Ram Reddy

None

C. amesii Sergeeva

None

C. ampullare Chivers

None

C. ampulliellum X.Wei Wang

None

C. anatolicum Karaca & Turhan

None

C. ancistrocladum Udagawa & Cain

None

C. anguipilium L.M. Ames

None

C. anguipillioides Mazzuch.

None

C. angulare Yu Zhang & L. Cai

None

C. angusti-ellipsoideum G. Malhotra & Mukerji

None

C. angustispirale Sergeeva

None

C. angustum Chivers

None

C. apiculatum Lodha

None

C. arachnoides Massee & E.S. Salmon

None

C. araliae Corda

None

C. arcuata J.N. Rai & J.P. Tewari

None

C. aterrimum Ellis & Everh.

None

C. atrosporum Skolko & J.W. Groves

None

C. aurangabadense Tilak & D.L. Ram Reddy

None

C. carinthiacum Sörgel

None

C. chiversii (J.C. Cooke) A. Carter

C. trilaterale var. chiversii J.C. Cooke

C. ciliatum Bonord.

None

C. cinnamomeum Subrahm. & Gopalkr.

None

C. circinans Wallr.

None

C. circinatum Chivers

None

C. cirrhata Yu Zhang & L. Cai

None

C. citrinum Udagawa & T. Muroi

None

C. cochliodes Palliser

None

C. comosum Bainier

None

C. concinnatum Preuss

None

C. concinnum Sörgel

None

C. congoense L.M. Ames

None

C. contagiosum X. Wei Wang, Crous & L. Lombard

None

C. contortum Peck

None

C. convolutum Chivers

None

C. coprophilum Narendra & V.G. Rao 1976

None

C. crinitum Sörgel

None

C. crispatoideum Sergeeva

None

C. crispatum (Fuckel) Fuckel

C. anahelicinum Udagawa & Cain

 

C. simile Massee & E.S. Salmon

 

C. tortile Bainier

C. cruentatum Sörgel

None

C. cruentum L.M. Ames

None

C. cucumericola X.Wei Wang, Crous & L. Lombard

None

C. cumingii (Lév.) Sacc.

None

C. cuneatum Sörgel

None

C. cuyabenoense Decock & Hennebert

None

C. cymatotrichum Cooke

None

C. deceptivum Malloch & Benny

None

C. delhianum Mukerji & N. Singh

None

C. delicatulum Roum.

None

C. depressum Wallr.

None

C. deustum Bat. & Pontual

None

C. difforme W. Gams

None

C. discolor Starbäck

None

C. distortum L.M. Ames

None

C. diversum Lodha

None

C. douglasii Schwein.

None

C. dreyfussii Arx

None

C. elatum Kunze

C. atrum Link

 

C. atrum var. atrum Link

 

C. atrum var. distinctum Roum.

 

C. comatum (Tode) Fr.

 

C. comatum var. comatum (Tode) Fr.

 

C. comatum var. helicotrichum Sacc.

 

C. lageniforme Corda

 

C. pannosum Wallr.

 

C. tenuissimum Sergeeva

C. elasticae Koord.

None

C. ellipsoideum K. Gopal & Lodha

None

C. elongatum Czerepan.

None

C. epiphyllum J. Kunze

None

C. fibripilium L.M. Ames

None

C. fimisedum P. Karst.

None

C. fiscicola Petr.

None

C. flavum Omvik

None

C. flexuosum Palliser

None

C. floriforme Gené & Guarro

None

C. formosum Bainier

None

C. gangligerum L.M. Ames

None

C. gelatinosum Ehrenb.

None

C. giganigrosporum Millner & S. Ahmad

None

C. glabrescens Ellis & Everh.

None

C. globisporum Lodha

None

C. globosporum Rikhy & Mukerji

None

C. globosum Kunze

C. chlorinum (Sacc.) Grove

 

C. chlorinum var. chlorinum (Sacc.) Grove

 

C. chlorinum var. rufipilum Grove

 

C. coarctatum Sergeeva

 

C. fieberi Corda

 

C. fieberi subsp. fieberi Corda

 

C. fieberi subsp. saccardoanum E. Bommer & M. Rousseau

 

C. fieberi var. chlorina Sacc.

 

C. fieberi var. fieberi Corda

 

C. fieberi var. macropoda Speg.

 

C. fieberi var. rufipilum (Grove) Sacc.

 

C. globosum var. arhizoides Dreyfuss

 

C. globosum var. flavoviride E.K. Novák

 

C. globosum var. globosum Kunze

 

C. globosum var. griseum E.K. Novák

 

C. globosum var. ochraceoides Dreyfuss

 

C. globosum var. rectum Dreyfuss

 

C. kunzeanum Zopf

 

C. kunzeanum var. kunzeanum Zopf

 

C. olivaceum Cooke & Ellis

 

C. rectum Sergeeva

C. graminiforme X.Wei Wang, Crous & L. Lombard

None

C. grande Asgari & Zare

None

C. griseum (Berk. & Broome) Cooke

None

C. guizotiae Tilak & D.L. Ram Reddy

None

C. hamadae (Udagawa) Arx

None

C. hamatum Bat. & Pontual

None

C. helicoideum H.J. Chowdhery & J.N. Rai

None

C. helicotrichum J.P. Tewari & P.D. Agrawal

None

C. heteropilum N.J. Artemczuk

None

C. heterosporum Rikhy & Mukerji

None

C. heterothallicum Yu Zhang & L. Cai

None

C. hexagonosporum A. Carter & Malloch

None

C. hispanicum Guarro & Arx

None

C. hispidum Fr.

None

C. histoplasmoides Carris & Glawe

None

C. homopilatum Omvik

None

C. humanum P. Karst.

None

C. humicola Van Warmelo

None

C. hungaricum E.K. Novák

None

C. hyaloperidium A. Carter

None

C. hyderabadense M.A. Salam & Nusrath

None

C. importatum Henn.

None

C. incomptum L.M. Ames

None

C. interruptum Asgari & Zare

None

C. iranianum Asgari & Zare

None

C. iricolor L.M. Ames

None

C. irregulare Sörgel

None

C. jabalpurense D.P. Tewari, P.D. Agrawal & Lodh

None

C. jatrophae Roh. Sharma, G. Kulk. & Shouche

None

C. jodhpurense Lodha

None

C. kauffmanianum Povah

None

C. laeliicola Henn.

None

C. lanatum Quél.

None

C. lanosum Peck

None

C. laterale Yu Zhang & L. Cai

None

C. lawransamesii Mukerji & M. Khanna

None

C. lentum Van Warmelo

None

C. leproplocinum Werner & Cain

None

C. libertiae Roum. & Pat.

None

C. longiciliata Yu Zhang & L. Cai

None

C. longicolle Krzemien. & Badura

None

C. longipilum G. Malhotra & Mukerji

None

C. longirostre (Farrow) L.M. Ames

None

C. lucknowense J.N. Rai & J.P. Tewari

None

C. ludhianense Kang

None

C. lunasporium Udaiyan & Hosag.

None

C. lusitanicum M.R.M. Gomes

None

C. luteum (J.N. Rai & J.P. Tewari) P.F. Cannon

None

C. macrosporum Sacc. & Penz.

None

C. macrostiolatum Stchigel, K. Rodr. & Guarro

None

C. madrasense Natarajan

C. ascotrichoides Caviello

C. malaysiense (D. Hawksw.) Arx

None

C. marchicum Lindau

None

C. mareoticum Besada & Yusef

None

C. megalocarpum Bainier

C. megalocarpum var. chlorinum Bainier

 

C. megalocarpum var. megalocarpum Bainier

C. megasporum Sörgel

None

C. melioloides Cooke & Peck

None

C. mesopotamicum Abdullah & Zora

None

C. microascoides Guarro

None

C. microcephalum L.M. Ames

None

C. microsporum Speg.

None

C. microthecia Yu Zhang & L. Cai

None

C. minimum J.F.H. Beyma

None

C. minutispora Aruna & Gopalkr.

None

C. minutum Krzemien. & Badura

None

C. mollipilium L.M. Ames

None

C. montblancense Guarro, Calvo & C. Ramírez

None

C. montemartinii Cavara

None

C. muelleri Arx

None

C. multispirale A. Carter, R.S. Khan & P.E. Powell

None

C. myricicola Y. Horie & Udagawa

None

C. nepalense (Udagawa & Y. Sugiy.) Arx

None

C. nivale F. Strauss

None

C. nodulosum Kulshr., Raych. & A.Z.M. Khan

None

C. novae-caledoniae Udagawa, Uchiy. & Kamiya

None

C. novozelandicum X.Wei Wang, Crous & L. Lombard

None

C. nozdrenkoae Sergeeva

None

C. oblatum Dreyfuss & Arx

None

C. ochraceum Tschudy

None

C. olivicolor K. Rodr., Stchigel & Guarro

None

C. oospora Beauverie

None

C. orientale Cooke

None

C. orientum D.K. Saha

None

C. osmaniae P.Rama Rao & Ram Reddy

None

C. pachypodioides L.M. Ames

None

C. pallidum Ellis & Everh.

None

C. pampaninii Cif.

None

C. papillosum Cocc.

None

C. parvotrichum Mazzuch.

None

C. paucisetum Fuckel

None

C. perlucidum Sergeeva

None

C. phyllophora Hoffm.

None

C. pilosum (C. Booth & Shipton) X.Wei Wang, Crous & L. Lombard

None

C. piluliferoides Udagawa & Y. Horie

None

C. piluliferum J. Daniels

None

C. pimprinum Aruna & Gopalkr.

None

C. pinnatum L.M. Ames

None

C. polypori Rehm

None

C. prasinum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) S. Hughes

None

C. pseudocochliodes X.Wei Wang, Xin Z. Liu & Crous

None

C. pseudoerraticum Lal & J.N. Kapoor

None

C. pseudoglobosum X.Wei Wang, Crous & L. Lombard

None

C. pulchellum L.M. Ames

None

C. purpurascens (Udagawa & Y. Sugiy.) Arx

None

C. putrefactum R. Gupta & Mukerji

None

C. raii G. Malhotra & Mukerji

None

C. rajasthanense Lodha

None

C. ramipilosum Schaumann

None

C. raripilum Mont.

None

C. rectangulare Asgari & Zare

None

C. rectopilium Fergus & Amelung

None

C. repandum Bat. & Pontual

None

C. repens Guarro & Figueras

None

C. retardatum A. Carter & R.S. Khan

None

C. reticulopilium L.M. Ames

None

C. rigidulum Bainier

None

C. rostratum Speg.

None

C. rufum K. Ramakr.

C. rufum var. macrosporum P.D. Agrawal & J.P. Tewari

 

C. rufum var. rufum K. Ramakr.

C. saccardoanum (E. Bommer & M. Rousseau) Mussat

None

C. seminis-citrulli Sergeeva

None

C. semispirale Udagawa & Cain

None

C. serpentinum L.M. Ames ex A. Carter

None

C. siamense Porns. & Soytong

None

C. signatum Preuss

None

C. silvaticum Kiril.

C. silvaticum var. silvaticum Kiril.

 

C. silvaticum var. variabile Kiril.

C. sinaiense Moustafa & Ezz-El-din

None

C. sinense K.T. Chen

None

C. soergelii Sörgel

None

C. sphaerale Chivers

None

C. sphaerospermum Cooke & Ellis

None

C. spiculipilium L.M. Ames

None

C. spinigerum Sörgel

None

C. spinosum Chivers

None

C. spinulosum Sörgel

None

C. spirale Zopf

None

C. spiralotrichum Lodha

None

C. spirilliferum Bainier

None

C. spirochaete Palliser

None

C. stercoreum Speg.

None

C. streptothrix Quél.

None

C. strigosum Wallr.

None

C. strumarium (J.N. Rai, J.P. Tewari & Mukerji) P.F. Cannon

None

C. subaffine Sergeeva

None

C. subcircinatum A. Carter & R.S. Khan

None

C. subcurvisporum Abdullah & Al-Bader

None

C. subfimeti (Seth) X.Wei Wang & Crous

None

C. subglobosum Sergeeva

None

C. subspinale Chivers

None

C. subspirale Chivers

None

C. subspirilliferum Sergeeva

None

C. subterraneum Swift & Povah

None

C. subtorulosum Sergeeva

None

C. succineum L.M. Ames

None

C. sulphureum Sörgel ex Seth

None

C. tarraconense Stchigel, K. Rodr. & Guarro

None

C. tectifimeti X.Wei Wang & Samson

None

C. telluricola X.Wei Wang, Crous & L. Lombard

None

C. tenue X.Wei Wang, Crous & L. Lombard

None

C. terrestre R.S. Dwivedi

None

C. terreum Kiril.

None

C. terricola J.C. Gilman & E.V. Abbott

None

C. tetrasporum S. Hughes

None

C. thermophilum La Touche

C. thermophilum var. coprophilum Cooney & R. Emers.

 

C. thermophilum var. dissitum Cooney & R. Emers.

 

C. thermophilum var. thermophilum La Touche

C. tomentosum Preuss

None

C. tortuosum Garb.

None

C. torulosum Bainier

None

C. trigonosporum (Marchal) Chivers

None

C. trilaterale Chivers

C. rubrogenum Van Warmelo

 

C. trilaterale f. trilaterale Chivers

 

C. trilaterale var. diporum J.C. Cooke

 

C. trilaterale var. pseudocupreum Guarro

 

C. trilaterale var. trilaterale Chivers

C. triticicola Lal & J.N. Kapoor

None

C. truncatulum Asgari & Zare

None

C. typhae Schwein.

None

C. udagawae Sergeeva

None

C. umbonatum D. Brewer

None

C. umbratile Udagawa, Toyaz. & Yaguchi

None

C. undulatulum Asgari & Zare

None

C. undulatum Bainier

C. formosum var. formosum Bainier

 

C. formosum var. neglectum Bainier

 

C. formosum var. ovatum Bainier

C. unguicola X.Wei Wang, Crous & L. Lombard

None

C. uniapiculatum (J.N. Rai & H.J. Chowdhery) Arx

C. amygdalisporum Udagawa & T. Muroi

 

C. amygdalisporum var. amygdalisporum Udagawa & T. Muroi

 

C. amygdalisporum var. brevissimum Wadhwani & N. Mehrotra

 

C. subapiculatum K. Gopal & Lodha

C. unipapillatum Natarajan

None

C. uniseriatum Yu Zhang & L. Cai

None

C. variosporum Udagawa & Y. Horie

None

C. varium Delacr.

None

C. velutinum Ellis & Everh.

None

C. venezuelense L.M. Ames

None

C. verrucichaeta Natarajan

None

C. virgicephalum L.M. Ames

None

C. virginicum L.M. Ames

None

Chaetomium viride Lév.

None

C. wallefii J.A. Mey. & Lanneau

None

C. warcupii A.S. Saxena & Mukerji

None

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Simões Calaça, F.J., Xavier-Santos, S., Abdel-Azeem, A.M. (2020). Recent Advances on Occurrence of Genus Chaetomium on Dung. In: Abdel-Azeem, A. (eds) Recent Developments on Genus Chaetomium . Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31612-9_4

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