Perithecium of Collariella robusta. [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.

Collariella robusta PSN 660

Fungal strain PSN 660 was isolated from dung of goat from Yao, Tchad. Genus Collariella belongs to Sordariales, family Chaetomiaceae. The genus name refers to a dark collar-like apex around the ostiolar pore of the ascomata [1].

Reference

1. Wang, X. W. et al. (2016). Diversity and taxonomy of Chaetomium and chaetomium-like fungi from indoor environments. Studies in mycology, 84, 145-224.