Fungalpedia – Note 569, Nothodactylaria
Nothodactylaria Crous
Citation when using this data: Zhang et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Nothodactylariaceae, Xylariales, Xylariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Nothodactylaria was designated as the type genus of Nothodactylariaceae (Amphisphaeriales, Sordariomycetes) based on morphology and phylogenetical analysis of LSU sequence (Crous et al. 2019b). Nothodactylaria was typified with N. nephrolepidis, which was isolated from the leaves of Nephrolepis exaltata, a fern in the family Lomariopsidaceae, in South Africa. The morphological characteristic of the genus was represented using the single species N. nephrolepidis, produced in the culture, which featured solitary or aggregated, unbranched, septate, hyaline to pale brown conidiophores, subcylindrical, polyblastic, sympodial conidiogenous cells, and smooth and septate, hyaline conidia (Crous et al. 2019b). In this study, we acquired eight new collections representing four new species isolated from ferns, confirming that Nothodactylaria species exhibit a preference for ferns, particularly those in the Blechnaceae. Additionally, morphological comparison of the five accepted species of Nothodactylaria was provided in this study (Table 1).
Type species: Nothodactylaria nephrolepidis M.J. D’souza, Boonmee & K.D. Hyde.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Nothodactylaria.
Figure 1 – Nothodactylaria nephrolepidis. a Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. b Conidia. Redrawn from Crous et al. (2019b).
Table 1 – A morphological comparison of five accepted species of Nothodactylaria.
References
Entry by
Jing-Yi Zhang, School of Food and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang, 550025, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand, Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, 550009, People’s Republic of China.
Published online 11 June 2025