A New Genus of the Choanephoraceae

The Merosporangiferous Mucorales

“…The writer selected Cokeromyces recurvatus Poitras (Shanor et al, 1950) as the standard host for culturing members of the Piptocephalidaceae and other parasitic species. Cokeromyces recttrvatus forms a colony which normally does not exceed a height of more than 1 mm., and this characteristic facilitates observation of the developing sporophores of the parasite and also provides a means of obtaining abundant pure spores of the latter for transfer to other hosts.…”

“…Two unusual and highly derived monotypic genera of Thamnidiaceae are represented by Cokeromyces recurvatus Poitras (Shanor et al, 1950) and Radiomyces spectabilis Embree ( 1959). Both species are strongly homothallic and neither is known to produce Mucor-type sporangia.…”

Observations on Thamnidiaceae (Mucorales). New Taxa, New Combinations, and Notes on Selected Species

“…ld,e;3f,g,k;4d,e). Pedicellate, multispored sporangiola arising from vesicles terminating the sporophore are also found in C olceromyces recurvatus Poitras ( Shanor et al, 1950 ), but the habit of the latter species is otherwise wholly unlike that of Z. mexicana. Sporophora nascentia recta via e substrata mycelio, recta vel ascendentia, simplica vel ramosa, gignentia fecunda capita te rminaliter vel subterminaliter.…”

“…In 1970, von Arx and Upadhyay ( von Arx, 1970) segregated two species of Helicostylum, H. piriforme Bainier ( 1880) and H. lucknowense Rai, Tewari & Mukerji ( 1961 ), into a new genus, Tlwmnostylum von Arx & Upadhyay. C okeromyces Shanor, based on C. recurvatus Poitras ( Shanor, Poitras, and Benjamin, 1950), originally was classified in the Choanephoraceae (Brefeld, 1881b) but soon was shifted to the Thamnidiaceae ( Poitras, 1950;Hesseltine, 1952). Young ( 1969), on the basis of his studies demonstrating a clearly separable sporangiolar wall enclosing the spore of Mycotypha africana Novak & Backus (1963), suggested that Mycotypha Fenner (1932) also should be classified in the Thamnidiaceae.…”

Isolation of Cokeromyces Recurvatus, Initially Misidentified as Coccidioides Immitis, from Peritoneal Fluid in a Cat with Jejunal Perforation

“…There are only 8 reported cases of human disease or colonization by this organism in the literature to date, and these have been summarized in a recent review. 8 The organism has been recognized only relatively recently, beginning with Shanor's initial isolation in 1950, 12 and reported human cases span only the past 25 years. The mode of transmission is not known, although in cases with symptomatic disease, previous colonization of the involved site (stomach, genitourinary tract, or colon) usually was suspected.…”