Non-ostiolate ascoma (1), asci (B) and ascospore (C) of Neurospora indica. Credit: Piasai, O., & Sudsanguan, M. (2018). Agriculture and Natural Resources, 52(5), 407-411; released under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License.

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.

Neurospora indica FGSC 7793

Fungal strain FGSC 7793 of Neurospora indica was isolated from soil of dry woodland, near Eucalyptus trees, in Malaleuca, Queensland, Australia. Neurospora indica is synonym of Gelasinospora indica. It belongs to Sordariales, family Sordariaceae.