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Gliocladium is an asexual fungal genus in the Hypocreaceae. Certain other species including Gliocladium virens were recently transferred to the genus Trichoderma and G. roseum became Clonostachys rosea f. rosea in the Bionectriaceae. Gliocladium is a mitosporic, filamentous fungus. Species of Gliocladium rarely produce a sexual state. Most pathogenic, disease-causing fungi in humans are mitosporic like Gliocladium. Gliocladium is filamentous; it grows tubular, elongated, and thread-like. It can be considered a contaminant.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumAscomycota
  3. ClassSordariomycetes
  4. OrderHypocreales
  5. FamilyHypocreaceae
Habitatmarine, freshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
271
With media
248
Family
Hypocreaceae
Collections
NY, MU
Recorded in
United States, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Hypocreaceae
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taxon name
Gliocladium
taxon rank
genus
taxon author citation
Corda
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Gliocladium is an asexual fungal genus in the Hypocreaceae. Certain other species including Gliocladium virens were recently transferred to the genus Trichoderma and G. roseum became Clonostachys rosea f. rosea in the Bionectriaceae. Gliocladium is a mitosporic, filamentous fungus. Species of Gliocladium rarely produce a sexual state. Most pathogenic, disease-causing fungi in humans are mitosporic like Gliocladium. Gliocladium is filamentous; it grows tubular, elongated, and thread-like. It can be considered a contaminant.

==Species== Species fungorum currently (July 2018) lists the remaining species (+ G. zaleskii): Gliocladium africanum Eichelb. (1906) Gliocladium album (Preuss) Petch (1939) Gliocladium ammoniphilum Pidopl. & Bilaĭ (1950) Gliocladium atrum J.C. Gilman & E.V. Abbott (1927) Gliocladium borysseviczii Pidopl. (1950) Gliocladium caespitosum Petch (1939) Gliocladium cibotii J.F.H. Beyma (1944) Gliocladium cinereum Marchal & É.J. Marchal (1921) Gliocladium citrinum Bat., H. Maia & A.F. Vital (1957) Gliocladium comtus Rudakov (1981) Gliocladium cylindrosporum Matsush. (1975) Gliocladium elatum Sacc. (1909) Gliocladium flavofuscum J.H. Mill., Giddens & A.A. Foster (1958) Gliocladium flavum J.F.H. Beyma (1928) Gliocladium luteolum Höhn. (1903) Gliocladium microspermum (Sacc.) W. Gams (1982) Gliocladium microsporum Petch (1926) Gliocladium mumicola C.T. Wei (1941) Gliocladium nicotianae Oudem. (1903) Gliocladium novae-zelandiae Seifert, Samuels & W. Gams (1985) Gliocladium polyporicola (Henn.) Seifert & W. Gams (1985) Gliocladium salmonicolor Raillo (1929) Gliocladium sampajense Subram. & Bhat (1989) Gliocladium sphaerosporum Matsush. (1989) Gliocladium thaxteri Seifert & W. Gams (1985) Gliocladium verticillioides (G.A. Newton) Pidoplitschka (1930) Gliocladium vermoeseni (Biourge) Thom Gliocladium zaleskii Pidopl. (1953)

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