Perithecia and ascospores of Podospora cupiformis by Cailleux (1969). Source: Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

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.

Podospora cupiformis CBS 246.71

Fungal strain CBS 246.71 of Podospora cupiformis was isolated from dung of Cobus defassa (waterbuck), in Délé, Gaounda, Central African Republic. The species was initially described by French mycologist Roger Cailleux in 1969, following collections in Central African Republic [1].