Fungalpedia – Note 2532, Aliquandostipitaceae
Aliquandostipitaceae. Inderb.
Citation when using this data: Boonmee S et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.
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Classification: Jahnulales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes: Inderbitzin et al. (2001) introduced Aliquandostipitaceae that are characterized by the widest hyphae reported in the ascomycetes, and the formation of both sessile and stalked ascomata side by side on the substrate. Seven genera, Aliquandostipite, Brachiosphaera, Jahnula, Megalohypha, Neojahnula, Pseudojahnula and Xylomyces are accepted in Aliquandostipitaceae (Hongsanan et al. 2020b).
Type genus: Aliquandostipite Inderb., Am. J. Bot. 88(1): 54 (2001).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Aliquandostipitaceae.
References
Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Wanasinghe DN, McKenzie EHC, Sarma VV, Lücking R, Boonmee S, Bhat DJ, Liu NG, Tennakoon DS, Pem D, Karunarathna A, Jiang SH, Jones EBG, Phillips AJL, Manawasinghe IS, Tibpromma S, Jayasiri SC, Sandamali DS, Jayawardena RS, Wijayawardene NN, Ekanayaka AH, Jeewon R, Lu YZ, Phukhamsakda C, Dissanayake AJ, Zeng XY, Luo ZL, Tian Q, Thambugala KM, Dai DQ, Samarakoon MC, Chethana KWT, Ertz D, Doilom M, Liu JK, Pérez-Ortega S, Suija A, Senwanna C, Wijesinghe SN, Niranjan M, Zhang SN, Ariyawansa HA, Jiang HB, Zhang JF, Norphanphoun C, de Silva NI, Thiyagaraja V, Zhang H, Bezerra JDP, Miranda-González R, Aptroot A, Kashiwadani H, Harishchandra D, Sérusiaux E, Abeywickrama PD, Bao DF, Devadatha B, Wu HX, Moon KH, Gueidan C, Schumm F, Bundhun D, Mapook A, Monkai J, Bhunjun CS, Chomnunti P, Suetrong S, Chaiwan N, Dayarathne MC, Yang J, Rathnayaka AR, Xu JC, Zheng JS, Liu G, Feng Y, Xie N 2020b – Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis. Fungal Divers 105:17–318.
Inderbitzin P, Landvik S, Abdel-Wahab MA, Berbee ML 2001 – Aliquandostipitaceae, a new family for two new tropical ascomycetes with unusually wide hyphae and dimorphic ascomata. Am J Bot 88:52–61.
Entry by
Saranyaphat Boonmee, 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
Published online 6 June 2026
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