Fungalpedia – Note 1049, Aigialaceae

 

Aigialaceae. Suetrong.

Citation when using this data: Dayarathne MC et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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

Suetrong et al. (2009) introduced the family Aigialaceae to accommodate species having carbonaceous ascomata that lack a papilla, trabeculate pseudoparaphyses (sensu Liew et al. 2000), cylindrical asci comprising an apical ring and ascospores with or without a sheath or gelatinous appendages around the apical cells (Read & Beckett 1996, Liu et al. 2011, Zhang et al. 2012, Hyde et al. 2013, Jones et al. 2015, Phookamsak et al. 2015, Tennakoon et al. 2018). Initially only marine genera, such as Aigialus, Ascocratera and Rimora were included in the Aigialaceae (Suetrong et al. 2009, Phookamsak et al. 2015, Wijayawardene et al. 2017a). However, later studies reported Aigialaceae species from different habitats including marine, terrestrial and mangroves (Hyde & Jones 1988, Hyde & Lee 1995, Liu et al. 2011, Phookamsak et al. 2015, Tennakoon et al. 2018). With the recent inclusion of Fissuroma and Neoastrosphaeriella (Liu et al. 2011), five genera are presently accepted in the Aigialaceae (Wijayawardene et al. 2017a, 2018). All genera in Aigialaceae have trabeculate psudoparaphyses (sensu Liu et al. 2011). 

Type genus: Aigialus Kohlm. & S. Schatz, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 85(4): 699 (1986) [1985].

 

References

Hyde KD, Jones EBG 1988 – Marine mangrove fungi. Marine Ecology 9, 15-33.

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

Hyde KD, Lee SY. 1995 – Ecology of mangrove fungi and their role in nutrient cycling: what gaps occur in our knowledge? Hydrobiologia 295, 107–118.

Jones EBG, Suetrong S, Sakayaroj J, Bahkali AH et al. 2015 – Classification of marine Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota and Chytridiomycota. Fungal Diversity 73, 1–72.

Liew ECY, Aptroot A, Hyde, KD. 2000 – Phylogenetic significance of the pseudoparaphyses in Loculoascomycete taxonomy. Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution 16, 392–402.

Liu JK, Phookamsak R, Jones EBG, Zhang Y et al. 2011 – Astrosphaeriella is polyphyletic, with species in Fissuroma gen. nov., and Neoastrosphaeriella gen. nov. Fungal Diversity 51, 135–154.

Phookamsak R., Norphanphoun C, Tanaka K, Dai DQ. 2015 – Towards a natural classification of Astrosphaeriella-like species; introducing Astrosphaeriellaceae and Pseudoastrosphaeriellaceae fam. nov. and Astrosphaeriellopsis, gen. nov. Fungal Diversity 74, 143–197.

Read ND, Beckett A. 1996 – Centenary review: ascus and ascospore morphogenesis. Mycological Research 100, 1281–1314.

Suetrong S, Schoch CL, Spatafora JW, Kohlmeyer J. 2009 – Molecular systematics of the marine Dothideomycetes. Studies in Mycology 64, 155–173.

Tennakoon DS, Phookamsak R, Kuo CH, Goh TK et al. 2018 – Morphological and phylogenetic evidence reveal Fissuroma taiwanense sp. nov. (Aigialaceae, Pleosporales) from Hedychium coronarium. Phytotaxa 338, 265–275.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Rajeshkumar KC, Hawksworth DL et al. 2017a – Notes fors genera: Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86, 1–594.

Zhang Y, Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD. 2012 – Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 53, 1–221.

 

Entry by

Monika Dayarathne, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai57100, Thailand, World Agro forestry Centre East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China, Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China

 

Published online 13 January 2020

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