Hyphomycetes

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Flabellospora a genus of anamorphic fungi		Form genus	1 subtaxa	10 images
Dendrospora a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	6 subtaxa	16 images	8 ident. refs
Cercosporella a genus of anamorphic ascomycetes		Genus			1 ident. refs
Ramularia a genus of plant-pathogenic anamorphic hyphomycetes		Genus	28 subtaxa	481 images	11 ident. refs
Anguillospora a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	2 subtaxa	13 images	1 ident. refs
Aposphaeria a form genus of coelomycetes		Genus	1 subtaxa	21 images
Epicoccum a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa	24 images	1 ident. refs
Phialophora a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	3 subtaxa		3 ident. refs
Paecilomyces a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus			2 ident. refs
Sclerococcum a genus of lichenicolous anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa	1 images	2 ident. refs
Bloxamia a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa	11 images	1 ident. refs
Tricladium a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	4 subtaxa	6 images	3 ident. refs
Lemonniera a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	2 subtaxa	2 images	1 ident. refs
Alatospora a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa	14 images	1 ident. refs
Cristulariella a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa	40 images	3 ident. refs
Tetracladium a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	4 subtaxa	20 images	3 ident. refs
Mastigosporium a genus of anamorphic ascomycetes causing grass leaf-spots		Genus			2 ident. refs
Arthrobotrys a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	5 subtaxa		7 ident. refs
Dactylella a genus of nematode parasitic fungi		Genus	4 subtaxa		6 ident. refs
Monacrosporium a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
Chromelosporium a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	3 subtaxa	44 images	1 ident. refs
Refractohilum a genus of lichenicolous anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
Scolecobasidium a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	2 subtaxa		4 ident. refs
Verticillium verticillium wilt		Genus	6 subtaxa	26 images	5 ident. refs
Stilbella a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa	12 images	3 ident. refs
Chloridium a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus			1 ident. refs
Acremonium a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus			1 ident. refs
Neotyphodium an anamorphic choke fungus		Form genus	1 subtaxa	14 images	1 ident. refs
Beauveria a genus of anamorphic entomopathogenic fungi		Genus			3 ident. refs
Gibellula a genus of anamorphic entomopathogenic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
Isaria a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa	4 images	1 ident. refs
	Isaria farinosa	Species	1 subtaxa	4 images
Mycogone a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	2 subtaxa	28 images	2 ident. refs
Cylindrocladium a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
Flagellospora a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa	1 images	1 ident. refs
Fusarium a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	16 subtaxa	20 images	16 ident. refs
Volutella a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa	11 images	1 ident. refs
Hirsutella a genus of anamorphic entomopathogenic fungi		Genus	2 subtaxa	40 images	1 ident. refs
Pseudomicrodochium a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
Trichothecium a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa	1 images
Chalara a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa		3 ident. refs
Nodulisporium a genus of anamorphic fungi		Genus	1 subtaxa	6 images	1 ident. refs

Records of [Hyphomycetes] (moulds) :
1: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
25 Aug 2012	OSGR: SH75	53° 10’ N, 3° 50’ W	Vice County: Denbigh (VC 50)	Wales
Conidia in foam sample

2: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
25 Aug 2012	OSGR: SH75	53° 10’ N, 3° 50’ W	Vice County: Denbigh (VC 50)	Wales
Conidia in foam sample

3: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
21 Aug 2005	OSGR: NH90	57° 10’ N, 3° 40’ W	Vice County: East Inverness-shire (VC 96)	Scotland
In aborted Aecia of Gymnosporangium cornutum on Rowan leaves

4: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
21 Oct 2001	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
Infection on Hygrocybe virginea in short turf

5: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
17 Oct 2000	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
on dead standing Reed stem in Reed swamp

6: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
24 Dec 1998	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
in foam sample

7: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
24 Dec 1998	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
in foam sample

8: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
24 Dec 1998	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
in foam sample

9: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
24 Dec 1998	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
in foam sample

10: [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
10 Nov 1974	OSGR: SU96	51° 20’ N, 0° 40’ W	Vice County: Surrey (VC 17)	England
Dematiaceous hyphomycete on peat

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cooke, R.C. & Godfrey, B.E.S.	1964	A Key to the Nematode-Destroying Fungi	TBMS 47 (1): 61-74.
()	Ellis, M.B. & J.P.	1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
	Navi, S.S., Bandyopadhyay, R., Hall, A.J. & Bramel-Cox, P.J.	1999	A Pictorial Guide for the Identification of Mold Fungi on Sorghum Grain	Information Bulletin, No. 59, 118pp, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Aero-aquatic Fungi
	Descals, E. et al	1989	Aquatic Hyphomycetes
()	Gulis, V., Marvanoova, L. & Descals, E.		An illustrated key to the common temperate species of aquatic hyphomycetes	Gulis, V., Marvanoova, L. & Descals, E. An illustrated key to the common temperate species of aquatic hyphomycetes, 15pp, Methods to study litter decomposition: a practical guide
	Ingold, C.T.	1979	Advances in the study of so-called aquatic hyphomycetes	American Journal of Botany Vol 66 (2): 218-226.
	Ingold, C.T.	1975	* Guide to Aquatic Hyphomycetes *(Superseded)	Scientific Publication, No. 30, 96pp, Freshwater Biological Association
	Ingold, C.T.	1968	More spores from rivers and streams	TBMS Vol 51 (1): 137-143+Plate.
	Ingold, C.T.	1967	Spores from Foam	Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 01 (2): 60-63.
	Ingold, C.T.	1965	Hyphomycete spores from mountain torrents	TBMS Vol 48 (3): 453-458.
	Ingold, C.T.	1942	Aquatic hyphomycetes of decaying Alder leaves	TBMS Vol 25(4): 339-417, 6 Plates.
Dung Fungi
	Seifert, K., Kendrick, B. & Murase, G.	1983	A key to Hyphomycetes on dung	Biology Series, No. 27, 61pp, University of Waterloo
Generic Guides
	Seifert, K., Morgan-Jones, G., Gams, W. & Kendrick, B.	2011	The Genera of Hyphomycetes	Biodiversity Series, 997pp, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures
Lichenicolous Fungi
	Hawksworth, D.L., Atienza, V. & Coppins, B.J.	2010	Artifical Keys to the Lichenicolous Fungi of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands, Iberian Peninsula, and Canary Islands
	Hawksworth, D.L.	1979	The Lichenicolous Hyphomycetes	Bull. Br. mus. nat. hist. bot. Vol 6 (3): 183-300.
Plant Pathology
()	Ellis, M.B. & J.P.	1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
	Moore, W.C.	1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1,010 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for [Hyphomycetes] (moulds)

Hyphomycetes are an unnatural (polyphyletic) group which is, basically, a dumping ground for those fungi of which the perfect (sexual) stage is unknown. Most are ascomycetes, but their reproduction is primarily by means of asexual spores (conidia). Under the right conditions many will produce fruiting bodies and their relationships can then be ascertained; often they turn out to be species which are already known.

The true identities of the hyphomycetes are slowly being ellucidated by culturing and, more recently, DNA analysis and the classification will eventually disappear. Nevertheless "hyphomycete" remains a useful descriptive term for the asexual states of ascomycetes.

Mycology has been called "The Study of Spores" and nowhere is this more the case than in the Hyphomycetes. The range of spore (conidia) shapes is truly astonishing, although one perhaps needs to have previously spent a few years studying agarics to appreciate the diversity!

The conidiophores are also of diagnostic importance.

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Informal	[Hyphomycetes] (moulds)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

[Hyphomycetes] Fr.
(moulds)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

[Hyphomycetes] is also a member of:

Identification Works

Aero-aquatic Fungi

Dung Fungi

Generic Guides

Lichenicolous Fungi

Plant Pathology

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