Systematics Collections Data

ICMP 12862 – Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde

Data provider:
International Collection Of Microorganisms
Barcode:
ICMP 12862
Culture type:
Fungal Culture
Database record added:
25 January 2002
Database record updated:
04 July 2025
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde
Determiner:
B.S. Weir
Identification date:
2020-11-27 (Verbatim: 27 Nov 2020)
Preferred name:
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Dothideomycetes
Order:
Pleosporales
Family:
Didymosphaeriaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
ITS sequence
Substrate:
Pasture
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Pithomyces chartarum
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Pseudopithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) J.F. Li, Ariyawansa & K.D. Hyde
Active:
no
Identification type:
Received as
Identification
Determined name:
Leptosphaerulina chartarum Cec. Roux
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Leptosphaerulina chartarum Cec. Roux
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Ruakura
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -37.77465  175.310297 
Verbatim locality:
Ruakura
Verbatim collector:
R. Collin
Standardised collector:
Roger G. Collin
Verbatim date:
Apr 1993
Start date:
1993-04
Country:
New Zealand
New Zealand Area Codes:
Waikato
Culture flags
Price Category:
Category 1
Culture notes
Other Details:
single spore isolate
External links
CIS - PDD:

PDD 65518

Datastore:

10.7931/m6kn-3e23

GenBank:

OR691770 - genomic DNA

PRJNA1052122

Literature:

Collin, R. G.; Towers, N. R. (1995)First reported isolation from New Zealand pasture ofPithomyces chartarum unable to produce sporidesmin.Mycopathologia130(1)37-40. DOI: 10.1007/BF01104347

Note: First NZ non toxin producing strain identified

Weir, B.S.; Sidhu, J.S.; Brosnahan, C.L.; Lee, D.; Maclean, P.H.; Park, D.; Jauregui, R.; Johnson, R.D.; Petterson, M.E.; Williams, A.F.R.; Morse, N.R.; Sprosen, J.M.; Lim, Y.-W.; Bridgeman, B.J.; Walker, T.J.; Kumar, S.; Mace, W.J.; Prakash, S.; Liu, X.; Hume, D.E.; Couldrey, C.; Beever, R.E.; Voisey, C.R. (2025)Global diversity analysis of plant-associated Pseudopithomyces fungi reveals a new species producing the toxin associated with facial eczema in livestock: Pseudopithomyces toxicarius sp. nov.Studies in Mycology. DOI: 10.3114/sim.2025.112.02

Culture events
Isolated:
Date:
01 April 1993 (Verbatim: 01 Apr 1993)
Deposited:
Note:
Derived from earliest batch date
Actioned by:
Ross E. Beever (Reference number 779-1)
Date:
01 March 1996 (Verbatim: 01 Mar 1996)
Transferred from:
Actioned by:
Roger G. Collin (Reference number RC09)
Permissions
Project permits
Project title:
Local Contexts - ICMP Culture Collection
Reference:
ICMP Collection - Local Contexts
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