Specimen Details

ICMP 11749 – Pseudopithomyces palmicola Jun F. Li, Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde

Data provider:

International Collection Of Microorganisms

Barcode:

ICMP 11749

Culture type:

Fungal Culture

Database record added:

25 January 2002

Database record updated:

14 November 2024

Components

Primary component

Active identification

Determined name:

Pseudopithomyces palmicola Jun F. Li, Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde

Determiner:

B.S. Weir

Identification date:

2022-06-21 (Verbatim: 21 Jun 2022)

Preferred name:

Pseudopithomyces palmicola Jun F. Li, Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde

Division:

Ascomycota

Class:

Dothideomycetes

Order:

Pleosporales

Family:

Didymosphaeriaceae

Identification type:

Determination

Note:

SNP analysis

Associations:

isolated from Medicago sativa L.

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:

Identification type:

Received as

Identification

Determined name:

Leptosphaerulina chartarum Cec. Roux

Determiner:

Identification date:

Preferred name:

Leptosphaerulina chartarum Cec. Roux

Active:

Identification type:

Determination

Other components

Active identification

Determined name:

Medicago sativa L.

Determiner:

Identification date:

Preferred name:

Medicago sativa L.

Division:

Tracheophyta

Class:

Magnoliopsida

Order:

Fabales

Family:

Leguminosae

Vernacular name:

lucerne, alfalfa

Identification type:

Determination

Substrate:

seed

Present:

Collection events

Primary collection event

Collection event type:

Field

Standard locality

Location:

Ladismith, Western Cape province

Georeferences:

Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): -33.483333 21.266667

Verbatim locality:

Ladismith, Western Cape province

Verbatim collector:

W.F.O. Marasas

Standardised collector:

W. F. O. Marasas

Verbatim date:

Jun 1970

Start date:

1970-06

Country:

South Africa

Georeferences:

Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): -33.483333 21.266667

Culture flags

MPI:

Restricted Culture

Price Category:

Category 2

Culture notes

Strain Data:

Sporidesmin non-producer
RE Beever

External links

CIS - PDD:

PDD 61140

Datastore:

10.7931/m6kn-3e23

GenBank:

AM231397 - 18S rRNA, 5.8S rRNA, 28S rRNA

OR691753 - genomic DNA

Literature:

Mysterud, Ivar; Høiland, Klaus; Koller, Gry; Stensrud, Øyvind (2007)Molecular characterization and evaluation of plant litter-associated fungi from the spring ‘grazing corridor’ of a sheep herd vulnerable to alveld disease.Mycopathologia164(5)201-215. DOI: 10.1007/s11046-007-9045-4

Collin, R.G.; Smith, B.L.; Towers, N.R. (1996)Lack of toxicity of a nonsporidesmin-producing strain ofPithomyces chartarumin cell culture and when dosed to lambs.New Zealand Veterinary Journal44(4)131-134. DOI: 10.1080/00480169.1996.35954

Marasas WFO, Bredell IH. Mycofora of South African lucerne, Phytophylactica, Volume 5, Issue 3, Jan 1973, p. 89 - 94

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:

Derived from earliest batch date

Actioned by:

Ross E. Beever (Reference number 743-1)

Date:

01 June 1993 (Verbatim: 01 Jun 1993)

Transferred from:

Actioned by:

Roger G. Collin (Reference number 306)

Date:

02 December 1992 (Verbatim: 2 Dec 1992)

Isolated:

Actioned by:

W. F. O. Marasas (Reference number 306)

Date:

01 June 1970 (Verbatim: June 1970)

Duplicates

: PRE 44582

Direction:

Received

Permissions

Project permits

Project title:

Local Contexts - ICMP Culture Collection

Reference:

ICMP Collection - Local Contexts

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