''Gliomastix'' is a genus of
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
belonging to the family
Bionectriaceae
The Bionectriaceae are a family of fungi in the order Hypocreales. A 2008 estimate places 35 genera and 281 species in the family. Species in the family tend to grow on plant material, including woody debris, while some species associate with alg ...
.
The genus was
first described by Fernand Pierre Joseph Guéguen in 1905.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
History
The taxonomic placement of ''Gliomastix'' is controversial and debated by many authors (Gams 1971; Matsushima 1975; Domsch et al. 2007; Lechat et al. 2010; Summerbell et al. 2011; Kiyuna et al. 2011). Gams (1971) placed Gliomastix in a section of ''
Acremonium
''Acremonium'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hypocreaceae. It used to be known as ''Cephalosporium''.
Description
''Acremonium'' species are usually slow-growing and are initially compact and moist. Their hyphae are fine and hyaline, and p ...
''. Matsushima (1975) placed ''
Acremonium masseei'' and ''
Acremonium polychromum'' in ''Gliomastix'' and Lechat et al. (2010) linked ''G. fusigera'' with the sexual morph of ''
Hydropisphaera bambusicola''. Kiyuna et al. (2011) and Summerbell et al. (2011) revised and compiled the taxonomy of ''Gliomastix''.
Kiyuna et al. (2011) agreed with Gams's concept and accepted ''Gliomastix'' as a section of ''Acremonium''. However, Summerbell et al. (2011) did not follow the Gams's
concept and recognized ''Gliomastix'' as a distinct genus.
Their phylogenetic analysis supported ''Gliomastix'' differs from previous morphological concepts by excluding several distantly related species e.g., ''Acremonium cerealis'' and ''A. inflatum''. Maharachchikumbura et al. (2015),
and Hyde et al. (2020a) followed the treatment of Summerbell et al. (2011) treated ''Gliomastix'' as a distinct genus in family ''Bionectriaceae''.
Species
,
Species Fungorum
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(in the
Catalog of Life
The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomi ...
) accepts about 19 species of ''Gliomastix'';
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Gliomastix arctiaggregata''
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Gliomastix cerealis''
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Gliomastix chartarum''
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Gliomastix chongqingensis''
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Gliomastix guttuliformis''
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Gliomastix inflata''
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Gliomastix luzulae''
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Gliomastix macrocerealis''
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Gliomastix macrocylindrica''
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Gliomastix macroelata''
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Gliomastix musicola''
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Gliomastix novae-zelandiae''
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Gliomastix pallescens''
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Gliomastix pandani''
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Gliomastix ramosa''
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Gliomastix roseogrisea''
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Gliomastix tibetensis''
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Gliomastix tumulicola''
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Gliomastix variabilis''
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Gliomastix verrucipes''
References
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Hypocreales genera
Bionectriaceae