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1999), and it has exceptionally isolated from
dung (Cailleux 1971a).
Rodentomyces Doveri, Pecchia, Sarrocco &
Vannacci (Table 34)
Refer to Doveri et al. (2010a) for the
protologue of Rodentomyces gen. nov., R.
reticulatus sp. nov.
Sordariomycetes – Hypocreomycetidae –
Melanosporales – Ceratostomataceae
Melanospora Corda (Table 35)
The genus Melanospora is usually
isolated from decaying vegetables and soil, or
detected in association with other fungi, also on
dung, possibly behaving as a mycoparasite
(Cannon & Hawksworth 1982). Coprophilous
collections of Melanospora are unusual (Faurel
& Schotter 1965, Calviello 1976, Lorenzo
1990, Richardson 2004a, 2008b), and I have
rarely found records of M. brevirostris (Hansen
et al. 1998, Delgado Avila et al. 2001b, Moyne
et Petit 2006) and M. zamiae (Seth 1968,
Lorenzo 1992, Valldosera & Guarro 1992,
Piontelli et al. 2006) directly from dung.
Persiciospora P.F. Cannon & D. Hawksw.
(Table 36)
Mine and Eriksson's (2009) are the only
three collections of Persiciospora known from
dung, where it possibly behaves as a
mycoparasite (Cannon & Hawksworth 1982).
“Sordaria” minima (Table 37)
“Sordaria” minima is possibly a
Melanospora sp. (Lundqvist pers. comm.), but
it has not been recombined yet in this genus.
Like some Melanospora spp., this rare species
has been found on dung in association with
other fungi, particularly with Thelebolus (Lund
qvist pers. comm.). Besides mine, a few other
collections of S. minima have been recorded
from various kinds of dung (Massee & Salmon
1901, Larsen 1971, Richardson 1998, 2004b,
Moyne & Petit 2006, Welt & Heine 2007).
Sordariomycetes – Hypocreomycetidae –
Microascales – Microascaceae
Enterocarpus Locq.–Lin. (Table 38)
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See the taxonomic part of this work,
under Lophotrichus bartlettii, for discussion on
Enterocarpus grenotii.
Kernia Nieuwl. (Table 39)
K. nitida is the commonest species of this
genus, found by me in Italy on a variety of
dungs with low frequency of occurrence in
damp chambers (1%). Like other Kernia spp.
and many Microascaceae with a cellulytic and
proteolytic activity (Lumley et al. 2000), it has
been found on a variety of substrates and
dungs, particularly (24% of fimicolous records
worldwide) on sheep dung (Tóth 1965, 1967,
Udagawa 1980, Guarro Artigas 1983,
Valldosera 1991, Richardson 2004a).
Lophotrichus R.K. Benj. (Table 40)
See the taxonomic part of this work,
under Lophotrichus bartlettii, for discussion on
Lophotrichus.
Pithoascus Arx (Table 41)
See the taxonomic part of this work,
under Pithoascus intermedius, for discussion
on Microascaceae, Pithoascus, and Microascus.
Sphaeronaemella P. Karst. (Table 42)
Out of five recognised species of
Sphaeronaemella (Kirk et al. 2008), only one,
S. fimicola, has been isolated from dung, where
it can behave as a facultative mycoparasite
(Cain & Weresub 1957, Weber & Webster
1997, 1998). S. fimicola has a wide substrate
tolerance, carnivore dung included (Marchal
1891, Pease 1948, Cain 1957), but it prefers
leporine (32% of several records worldwide)
(Massee & Salmon 1902, Dennis 1981) and
cervine (26%) (Cannon & Hawksworth 1982,
Lundqvist 1989) dung.
Sordariomycetes – Sordariomycetidae –
Sordariales – Chaetomiaceae
Chaetomidium (Zopf) Sacc. (Table 43)
See the taxonomic part of this work,
under Chaetomidium fimeti, for discussion on
the genus Chaetomidium, C. megasporum, and
C. fimeti.