Specimen Details

ICMP 24723 – Pseudopithomyces toxicarius B.S. Weir, D. Lee, J.S. Sidhu & C.R. Voisey

Data provider:

International Collection Of Microorganisms

Barcode:

ICMP 24723

Culture type:

Fungal Culture

Database record added:

07 February 2023

Database record updated:

04 July 2025

Components

Primary component

Active identification

Determined name:

Pseudopithomyces toxicarius B.S. Weir, D. Lee, J.S. Sidhu & C.R. Voisey

Determiner:

B.S. Weir

Identification date:

2025-05-09 (Verbatim: 9 May 2025)

Preferred name:

Pseudopithomyces toxicarius B.S. Weir, D. Lee, J.S. Sidhu & C.R. Voisey

Division:

Ascomycota

Class:

Dothideomycetes

Order:

Pleosporales

Family:

Didymosphaeriaceae

Identification type:

Determination

Note:

multigene sequences

Reference text:

Weir et al. 2025

Associations:

isolated from Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

Other identifications

Identification

Determined name:

Pseudopithomyces sp. nov. NZ B.S. Weir ined.

Determiner:

Bevan Weir; Tina Voisey

Identification date:

2023-06-13 (Verbatim: 13 Jun 2023)

Preferred name:

Pseudopithomyces toxicarius B.S. Weir, D. Lee, J.S. Sidhu & C.R. Voisey

Active:

Identification type:

Determination

Note:

ITS and genome sequences

Identification

Determined name:

Pithomyces chartarum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) M.B. Ellis

Determiner:

Shivas R.G

Identification date:

Preferred name:

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

Active:

Identification type:

Received as

Other components

Active identification

Determined name:

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

Determiner:

Identification date:

Preferred name:

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

Division:

Tracheophyta

Class:

Liliopsida

Order:

Poales

Family:

Gramineae

Vernacular name:

Couch grass

Identification type:

Determination

Part affected:

Seed

Collection events

Primary collection event

Collection event type:

Field

Standard locality

Location:

Berry, New South Wales

Georeferences:

Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): -34.790 150.726

Verbatim locality:

Berry, New South Wales

Verbatim collector:

Wong PT.W., Kaapro, J.

Standardised collector:

P. T. W. Wong; J. Kaapro

Collectors reference no.:

PW14020

Verbatim date:

Before Jun 2014

Start date:

2014-06

Country:

Australia

Native lands:

Tharawal

Georeferences:

Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): -34.790 150.726

Culture flags

MPI:

Restricted Culture

Price Category:

Category 2

External links

Datastore:

10.7931/m6kn-3e23

GenBank:

OR691867 - genomic DNA

Literature:

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

Deposited:

Note:

On behalf of B.S. Weir

Actioned by:

Diana Lee (Reference number BRIP 61083a)

Date:

03 February 2023 (Verbatim: 3 Feb 2023)

Isolated:

Actioned by:

P. T. W. WongJ. Kaapro (Reference number PW14020)

Date:

01 June 2014 (Verbatim: before Jun 2014)

Permissions

Project permits

Project title:

Local Contexts - ICMP Culture Collection

Reference:

ICMP Collection - Local Contexts

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