Acremonium isabellae
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.
Scientific classification Edit this 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)

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]

References

  1. "Acremonium isabellae". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  2. Ross, Hannah (28 December 2022). "Citizen scientist unearths 'layer of weird' by discovering new mould species in NSW". ABC News.
  3. 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. hdl:10072/424515. ISSN 0031-5850. S2CID 255034925.
  4. 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)
  5. Murray, Madeleine (26 January 2023). "Uki local finds new fungi". Tweed Valley Weekly. p. 24.


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