Ascocarps (1), peridium (2,3), ascus (4,5), ascospores (6,7), and primordium (8) of Podospora minicauda, Source: Loquin-Linard (1978) Revue de Mycologie 42(4): 341, from Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle (bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/).

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 minicauda IMI 314719

Fungal strain IMI 314719 was isolated from soil in Egypt. Species Podospora minicauda was described in 1978 by Loquin-Linard [1], following isolation of coprophilous fungi from gazelle dung from Algeria. It belongs to Sordariales, family Podosporaceae.