Drawing of Zopfiella by Rabenhorst L & Grunow A. [Source: Dr. L. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz (1884) page 46. Biodiversity heritage library https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/1356; public domain]

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.

Zopfiella marina IMI 229743

Fungal strain IMI 229743 of Zopfiella marina was isolated from marine mud in Japan. Zopfiella marina is synonym of Pseudorhypophila marina. The genus is named after German mycologist Friedrich Zopf. Zopfiella marina belongs to Sordariales.