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Mycologia 94(1), 2002, pp. 116-126
© 2002 by The Mycological Society of America

Three new species of Chaetomium from soil


Kendra Rodríguez

     Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Ministerio de Ciencias, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, Carretera de Varona Km 3.5, Capdevila Boyeros, AP 8029, CP 10800, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba

Alberto Stchigel
Josep Guarro 1

     Unitat de Microbiologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, and Institut d'Estudis Avançats, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/ Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain

Chaetomium macrostiolatum sp. nov., Chaetomium olivicolor sp. nov. and Chaetomium tarraconensis sp. nov. isolated from Nigerian, Indian, and Spanish soils respectively, are described and illustrated. The first species is characterized by ascomata with a very broad ostiole and yellow hairs, and limoniform ascospores; the second by its thermotolerant growth, inconspicuous and short straight ascomatal hairs and fusiform ascospores; and the last by its unusual, irregularly-shaped ascospores and subglobose ascomata with flexuous to undulate, unbranched ascomatal hairs.

Key words: Ascomycetes, Chaetomiaceae, Sordariales, systematics






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