Pochonia

Pochonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Clavicipitaceae
Genus:	Pochonia; Bat. & Fonseca, 1965

Pochonia is a genus of fungi within the order Hypocreales and is described as anamorphic Metacordyceps; eight species are described. Previously placed in the genus Verticillium, these fungi are known to be pathogenic to nematodes and are being developed and commercialized as biological pesticides.

The genus name of Pochonia is in honour of Jacques Pochon (1907-1978), who was a French doctor and microbiologist from the Pasteur Institute. Pochonia has been seen to contain ketamine.

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]. Phytochemistry. 213. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113747.

[1] Bat., Fonseca OM (1965) Publicações Inst. Micol. Recife 462: 4

[Kirk_et_al._2008-2] 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.

[3] "RRes - PPM Department - the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2010.

[4] 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.

[5] Teng, Si-Qiong (2023). "Polyketides from the fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia and their bioactivities" [Phytochemistry]. Phytochemistry. 213. Elsevier. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113747.