Ascomata of Boothiella tetraspora [Image credit: Wang, et al. 2019. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0]

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.

Boothiella tetraspora CBS 334.67

Fungal strain CBS 334.67 of Boothiella tetraspora was isolated from barley field soil, in the Lahore area, Pakistan. The monotypic genus Boothiella belongs to Sordariales, family Sordariaceae [1]. It resembles Thielavia, but differs from this genus based on its colourless ascomatal wall.

Reference

1. Wang, X. W. et al. (2019). Phylogenetic re-evaluation of Thielavia with the introduction of a new family Podosporaceae. Studies in Mycology, 93, 155-252.