Fungalpedia – Note 611, Asterotexaceae

 

Asterotexaceae Firmino, O.L. Pereira & Crous

Citation when using this data: D. S. Marasinghe et al. 2023 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

Classification: Asterotexales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Guatimosim et al. (2015) established Asterotexaceae to accommodate the generic type Asterotexis. According to the phylogenetic analysis of Guatimosim et al. (2015) the strain of Asterotexis cucurbitacearum clustered sister to the Inocyclus angularis (Incertae sedis clade). Liu et al. (2017) considered Asterotexales as a synonym of Asterinales. In our phylogenetic analyses (Fig. 1), Asterotexis cucurbitacearum clusters with the Asterina clade as an unstable clade similar to Hongsanan et al. (2020a). Thus, we accepted Asterotexaceae in Asterinales until its placement is confirmed with additional molecular data.

 

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Figure 1 – Phylogenetic tree generated from maximum likelihood analysis based on LSU and ITS sequence data for 273 strains representing epifoliar fungal species in Dothideomycetes, Eurotiomycetes, Lecanoromycetes and Sordariomycetes. Armillaria mellea (GLM 45831) was used as the outgroup taxon. The tree topology of the maximum-likelihood analysis is similar to the Bayesian analysis. Bootstrap support values for maximum likelihood (ML) equal to or greater than 90% are given above or below the nodes. Branches with Bayesian posterior probabilities (BPP) equal to or higher than 0.90 are given above or below the nodes. The hyphen (“–”) indicates a value lower than 90% for ML BS or 0.90 for BY PP. Ex-type, holotype and ex-epitype strains are in bold. Epifoliar taxa of each clades are in red

 

References

Guatimosim E, Firmino A, Bezerra JL et al 2015 – Towards a phylogenetic reappraisal of Parmulariaceae and Asterinaceae (Dothideomycetes). Persoonia 35:230–241.

Liu JK, Hyde KD, Jeewon R et al 2017 – Ranking higher taxa using divergence times: a case study in Dothideomycetes. Fungal Divers 84:75–99.

Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R et al 2020a – Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes. Fungal Divers 105:17–318.

 

Entry by 

Diana Sandamali Marasinghe, 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, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai, 50150, Thailand

 

Published online 29 August 2023

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