Acremonium isabellae
Acremonium isabellae is a species of fungus in the genus Acremonium.[1] It was discovered at Rowlands Creek near Uki in NE New South Wales in 2023 on the body of a dead spider being consumed by an entomopathogenic fungi. Citizen scientist Isabella Teal discovered the fungus while collecting samples of spider-eating fungi with her father[2][3] and it was subsequently named after her. It was first described along with other microfungi in the 11 September 2023, Index of Australian Fungi.[4] The sample this fungi was identified on, can be seen arriving at the lab in the upcoming documentary Follow the Rain.[5]
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| The sample that Acremonium isabellae was isolated from. It is a spider being consumed by a different fungi to Acremonium isabellae, under a leaf at Rowlands Creek in NSW. | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Hypocreaceae |
| Genus: | Acremonium |
| Species: | A. isabellae |
| Binomial name | |
| Acremonium isabellae Y.P. Tan, Bishop-Hurley & R.G. Shivas (2023) | |
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References
- "Acremonium isabellae". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- Ross, Hannah (28 December 2022). "Citizen scientist unearths 'layer of weird' by discovering new mould species in NSW". ABC News.
- Tan, Y.P.; Bishop-Hurley, S.L.; Shivas, R.G. (31 December 2022). "Fungal Planet description sheets: 1436–1477". Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 49 (1): 261–350. doi:10.3767/persoonia.2022.49.08. ISSN 0031-5850. S2CID 255034925.
- Tan, Y.P.; Shivas, R.G. (11 September 2023). "Index of Australian Fungi no. 15": 5. doi:10.5281/zenodo.8327643.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Murray, Madeleine (26 January 2023). "Uki local finds new fungi". Tweed Valley Weekly. p. 24.
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