Fungalpedia – Note 2236, Amazonotheca
Amazonotheca Bat. & H. Maia
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Schizothyriaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Amazonotheca was introduced to accommodate epiphytic species, characterized by dispersed, brown yellowish, membranous ascomata, translucent in structure, with hyaline, prosenchymatous cells of peridium, 4–8-spored, bitunicate, subglobose to ovoid asci and brown, subcylindrical, 2-septate ascospores (Batista 1959, Phookamsak et al. 2016). Phookamsak et al. (2016) re-described the genus based on the description of Batista (1959) and treated it in Dothideomycetes genera incertae sedis. However, Wijayawardene et al. (2018) tentatively reinstated the genus in Schizothyriaceae pending future studies. Amazonotheca is a poorly known genus with two species A. olivacea and A. santiriae collected from the leaves of Neea madeirana and Santiria nitida in Brazil, respectively. The genus lacks modern taxonomic description and molecular data to clarify its phylogenetic affinities. The generic type is located in the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (URM), Brazil, but the type specimen could not be loaned. Recollection and molecular data of Amazonotheca are required to resolve its natural placement.
Type species: Amazonotheca santiriae Bat. & H. Maia., in Batista, Publicações Inst. Micol. Recife 56: 408 (1959).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Amazonotheca.
References
Batista AC. 1959 – Monografia dos fungos Micropeltaceae. Publicações do Instituto de Micologia da Universidade do Recife 56, 1–519.
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 25 March 2026