Chaetomium elatum

TaxID: 5150

Basic Information

Chaetomium elatum

Antenneharig kwastkopje, Fungus

Chaetomium elatum is a very common and widely distributed saprotrophic fungus of the Chaetomiaceae family of molds which has been found to grow on many different substances all over the world. It was first established by Gustav Kunze after he observed it growing on dead leaves. Its defining features that distinguish it from other Chaetomium species are its extremely coarse terminal hairs and the lemon-shaped morphology of its ascospores. It produces many metabolites with potential biotechnology uses including one with promise against the rice blast disease fungus, Magnaporthe grisea. It shows very little pathogenic ability causing confirmed disease in only a few plant species.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Ascomycota

Sordariomycetes

Sordariales

Chaetomiaceae

Chaetomium

elatum

Undefined

Photos (5 photos)

Chaetomium elatum
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(c) Joseba@BY-NC
Chaetomium elatum
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(c) Joseba@BY-NC
Chaetomium elatum
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(c) Joseba@BY-NC
Chaetomium elatum
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(c) Joseba@BY-NC
Chaetomium elatum
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(c) Joseba@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Ecuador Quarantine pests —

Distribution (25 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
China Present —
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature