Apiosordaria backusii. [Image Credit: Pr. Philippe Silar, Université Paris Cité.]

CSP 2019 Proposal "Comparative genomics and association mapping in Sordariales: insights into functional diversity in Neurospora and its relatives" aims to investigate the genomic bases of fungal thermophily and thermotolerance, biomass-degradation, and fungal-bacterial interactions. Sequencing multiple populations and species of Sordariales will enable comparative analysis across an order of biomass-degrading fungi frequently encountered in soil, compost and herbivore dung, and encompassing one of the few groups of thermophilic fungi.

Apiosordaria backusii PSN 263

Fungal strain PSN 263 of Apiosordaria backusii was isolated from soil in Mauléon-Barousse, France. Apiosordaria backusii belongs to Sordariales, family Lasiosphaeriaceae. The species was originally described as Triangularia backusii by L.H. Huang in 1975 from a soil sample collected in Ohio [1].

Reference

1. Huang, L. H. (1975). A new species of Triangularia from Ohio soil. Canadian Journal of Botany, 53(6), 560-564