Perithecia of Zopfiella macrospora. [Image Credit: Pr. Philippe Silar, Université Paris Cité.]

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 macrospora IMI 300979

Fungal strain IMI 300979 of Zopfiella macrospora was isolated from soil from Spain. Zopfiella macrospora is synonym of Podospora macrospora. The genus is named after German mycologist Friedrich Zopf. Zopfiella macrospora belongs to Sordariales. It was originally described in 1983 by Guarro & Calvo [1].

Reference

1. Guarro, J., & Calvo, M. A. (1983). A new ascomycete from soil of Cataluña (Spain). Nova Hedwigia. 37(4).