Mycelial colony of Cercophora angulispora. [Image Credit: Lucas Bonometti - Institut Agro, Montpellier, France]

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.

Cercophora angulispora IMI 229745

Fungal strain IMI 229745 was isolated from soil in Japan. Cercophora angulispora is a synonym of Triangularia angulispora. It belongs to Sordariales, family Podosporaceae.