Photograph of Sordaria tomentoalba by R. Haccard, in R. Cailleux, Bull. trimest. Soc. mycol. Fr. 87(4): 670 (1971). Source gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Fungal strain MNHN-RF-02357 was isolated from dung of hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus major), an African antelope, in the 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 the Central African Republic. Cailleux reported (page 505) that S. tomentoalba was by far the most frequent species in dung samples from rhinoceros, elephant, giraffe, giant eland, warthog, hippopotamus, hare, hippotragus antelopes, buffalo, kob, waterbuck, duiker, and baboon.