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 seminuda MNHN-RF-02393
Fungal strain MNHN-RF-02393 of Neurospora seminuda was isolated from dung of antelope (Kobus kob), in Bamingui, Central African Republic. It belongs to Sordariales, family Sordariaceae. The species was initially described by French mycologist Roger Cailleux in Bulletin trimestriel de la Société mycologique de France in 1971, following collections in Central African Republic. N. seminuda is very close to N. santi-florii, but it can be distinguished by the lower density of hairs on perithecia.
