Fungalpedia – Note 968, Acrocalymmaceae

 

Acrocalymmaceae. Crous & Trakun.

Citation when using this data: de Silva NI et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

This family was introduced by Trakunyingcharoen et al. (2014) to accommodate Acrocalymma as the type genus. In this study, we follow the recent treatment for Acrocalymmaceae in Hongsanan et al. (2020a) and Tennakoon et al. (2021). 

Type genus: Acrocalymma Alcorn & J.A.G. Irwin, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 88(2): 163 (1987).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Acrocalymmaceae.

 

References

Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2020a – Refined families of Dothideomycetes: Dothideomycetidae and Pleosporomycetidae. Mycosphere 11, 1553–2107.

Tennakoon DS, Kuo CH, Maharachchikumbura SS, Thambugala KM et al. 2021 – Taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to Celtis formosana, Ficus ampelas, F. septica, Macaranga tanarius and Morus australis leaf litter inhabiting microfungi. Fungal Diversity 108, 1–215.

Trakunyingcharoen T, Lombard L, Groenewald JZ, Cheewangkoon R et al. 2014 – Mycoparasitic species of Sphaerellopsis, and allied lichenicolous and other genera. IMA Fungus 5, 391–414.

 

Entry by

Nimali Indeewari de Silva, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Research Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.

 

Published online 18 November 2022

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