Systematics Collections Data

ICMP 11753 – Pseudopithomyces karoo (Marasas & I.H. Schumann) Guevara-Suarez, Da Cunha & Gené

Data provider:
International Collection Of Microorganisms
Barcode:
ICMP 11753
Type status:
ex Holotype
Culture type:
Fungal Culture
Loan status:
Active
Database record added:
25 January 2002
Database record updated:
15 August 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Pseudopithomyces karoo (Marasas & I.H. Schumann) Guevara-Suarez, Da Cunha & Gené
Determiner:
B.S. Weir
Identification date:
2022-08-30 (Verbatim: 30 Aug 2022)
Preferred name:
Pseudopithomyces karoo (Marasas & I.H. Schumann) Guevara-Suarez, Da Cunha & Gené
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Dothideomycetes
Order:
Pleosporales
Family:
Didymosphaeriaceae
Identification type:
Confirmation
Note:
ITS sequence
Type status:
ex Holotype
Associations:
isolated from Gnidia polycephala (C.A. Mey.) Gily
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Pithomyces karoo
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Pseudopithomyces karoo (Marasas & I.H. Schumann) Guevara-Suarez, Da Cunha & Gené
Active:
no
Identification type:
Received as
Identification
Determined name:
Pithomyces karoo Marasas & I.H. Schum.
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Pseudopithomyces karoo (Marasas & I.H. Schumann) Guevara-Suarez, Da Cunha & Gené
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Other components
Active identification
Determined name:
Gnidia polycephala (C.A. Mey.) Gily
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Gnidia polycephala Gilg
Division:
Tracheophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Thymelaeaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Present:
no
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Cape Province, Colesberg District, Riekertsfontein farm
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -30.773  24.894 
Verbatim locality:
Cape Province, Colesberg District, Riekertsfontein farm
Verbatim collector:
W.F.O. Marasas
Standardised collector:
W. F. O. Marasas
Verbatim date:
Feb 1970
Start date:
1970-02
Country:
South Africa
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -30.773  24.894 
Culture flags
MPI:
Restricted Culture
Price Category:
Category 2
Culture notes
Other Details:
single spore isolate
External links
CIS - PDD:

PDD 62115

Datastore:

10.7931/m6kn-3e23

GenBank:

OR691757 - genomic DNA

OR764006 - ACT

OR764152 - GAPDH

OR764298 - RPB2

OR764442 - TEF1

PRJNA1052122

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
Isolated:
Actioned by:
W. F. O. Marasas (Reference number PRE44605)
Date:
01 February 1970 (Verbatim: 01 Feb 1970)
Deposited:
Note:
Derived from earliest batch date
Actioned by:
Ross E. Beever (Reference number 756-1)
Date:
01 June 1993 (Verbatim: 01 Jun 1993)
Transferred via:
Actioned by:
American Type Culture Collection (Reference number ATCC 24322)
Permissions
Project permits
Project title:
Local Contexts - ICMP Culture Collection
Reference:
ICMP Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice