Genus of fungi
Pochonia[1] is a genus of fungi within the order Hypocreales and is described as anamorphic Metacordyceps; eight species are described.[2] Previously placed in the genus Verticillium, these fungi are known to be pathogenic to nematodes and are being developed and commercialized as biological pesticides.[3]
The genus name of Pochonia is in honour of Jacques Pochon (1907-1978), who was a French doctor and microbiologist from the Pasteur Institute.[4]
Pochonia has been seen to contain ketamine. [5]
The genus was circumscribed by Augusto Chaves Batista and Ozório José de Menezes Fonseca in Publ. Inst. Micol. Univ. Recife vol.462 on page 4 in 1965.
Species
The IndexFungorum records the following species;
- Pochonia bulbillosa (W. Gams & Malla) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia chlamydosporia (Goddard) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia chlamydosporia var. catenulata (Kamyschko ex G.L. Barron & Onions) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia chlamydosporia var. chlamydosporia (Goddard) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia globispora Zare & W. Gams 2007
- Pochonia goniodes (Drechsler) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia humicola Bat. & O.M. Fonseca 1965
- Pochonia microbactrospora W. Gams & Zare 2001
- Pochonia parasitica (G.L. Barron) G.H. Sung, J.M. Sung, Hywel-Jones & Spatafora 2007
- Pochonia rubescens Zare, W. Gams & López-Llorca 2001
- Pochonia suchlasporia (W. Gams & Dackman) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia suchlasporia var. catenata (W. Gams & Dackman) Zare & W. Gams 2001
- Pochonia suchlasporia var. suchlasporia (W. Gams & Dackman) Zare & W. Gams 2001
References
- ^ Bat., Fonseca OM (1965) Publicações Inst. Micol. Recife 462: 4
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ "RRes - PPM Department - the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ Teng, Si-Qiong (2023). "Polyketides from the fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia and their bioactivities" [Phytochemistry] (pdf). Phytochemistry. 213. United States: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113747. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
