Fungalpedia – Note 2031, Aeminiaceae
Aeminiaceae. Trovão, I. Tiago & A. Portugal.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Capnodiales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Halotolerant, xerophilic, and facultative alkaliphiles on deteriorated limestones. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Mycelium septate, becoming wider, thick-walled, darker and developing into meristematic chains of conidia, hyphae smooth. Conidia globose, thick dark brown, with single central septa resulting from the differentiation of toruloid-like hyphal cells, smooth-walled, rugose (adapted from Trovão et al. 2019).
Notes – The family was introduced by Trovão et al. (2019) to accommodate a single genus Aeminium. Aeminiaceae contains a microcolonial black fungus occurring in deteriorated lime-stones. Phylogenetic analyses placed this family within Capnodiales (Trovão et al. 2019, this study).
Type genus: Aeminium ludgeri J. Trovão, I. Tiago & A. Portugal.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Aeminiaceae.
References
Entry by
Sinang Hongsanan, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand
Published online 23 March 2026