Perithecium, ascus, and ascospores of Strattonia petrogale. Source: Muelleria, Vol12, No2, 2000, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne under Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

The fungal strain CBS 109409 was sampled from dung of black-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale lateralis) in a desert area in the Northern Territory of Australia. The species was initially named Podospora petrogale by mycologist Ann E. Bell (1), and then renamed Strattonia petrogale by Huang & Hyde in 2021 (2). Strain CBS 109409 is the type species of Podospora petrogale A.E. Bell. In the original description of the species, A.E. Bell noticed that the strain exhibits features which are both reminiscent of the genus Strattonia (such as the gelatinous sheath surrounding the ascospores) and the genus Podospora (such as the evanescent ascospore pedicel).