THE GENUS PODOSORDARIA

Images of P. elephanti J. D. Rogers, Y.-M. Ju, & San Martín and P. muli J. D. Rogers, Y.-M. Ju, & San Martín are given on the left. Information on the genus can be found below.
* Kurg, J. C., and R. F. Cain. 1974. A preliminary treatment of the genus Podosordaria. Canad. J. Bot. 52: 589-605.
* Kurg, J. C., and R. S. Jeng. 1995. A new coprophilous species of Podosordaria from Venezuela. Canad. J. Bot. 73: 65-69.
* Rogers, J. D., Y.-M. Ju, and F. San Martín. 1998. Podosordaria: a redefinition based on cultural studies of the type species, P. mexicana, and two new species. Mycotaxon 67: 61-72.

This genus has the following characteristics:

stromatal tissue quantity: distributed above, around, and beneath perithecia
stromatal layers: unipartite
stromatal surface level: erumpent or superficial
stromatal interior: essentially homogeneous
stromatal orange granules surrounding perithecia: absent
stromatal KOH pigments: absent
stromatal conidium-bearing discs: absent
stromatal bases: stipitate or, if sessile, conspicuously constricted
stromatal size: less than 1 cm diam
stromatal aggregation: not forming a crust
stromatal shapes: other than wiry
coremial pegs or remnants: absent
subiculum: absent
substrates: associated with dung or associated with substrates other than dung or insect nests
ascomatal number per stroma: mostly multiperitheciate
ascomatal ostioles: present
ascomatal configurations: not valsoid
ascomatal orientation: mostly oriented vertically or mostly oriented horizontally
ascal apical rings: present
ascus height vs width: usually higher than wide
ascospore cell number: one-celled
ascospore shapes: other than cuboid
ascospore color: colored
ascospore ornamentation: smooth
ascospore germination site morphology: slit-like
perispore dehiscence: indehiscent
anamorphs: Geniculosporium-like
cultural gross morphology on oatmeal agar: not highly furrowed or distorted
places where teleomorph and anamorph are produced: on different stromata