Fungalpedia – Note 2258, Amniculicola

 

Amniculicola Y. Zhang & K.D. Hyde

Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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

Amniculicola is the type genus of Amniculicolaceae which was introduced by Zhang et al. (2008b). There are six Amniculicola species listed in Index Fungorum (2020) and all collected from submerged wood in freshwater (Zhang et al. 2008b, 2009c, Rossman et al. 2016). These members stain the woody substrate purple and the significance of the purple staining should be further investigated.

Type species: Amniculicola lignicola Y. Zhang ter & K.D. Hyde.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Amniculicola.

 

References

Rossman AY, Allen WC, Braun U, Castlebury LA et al. 2016 – Overlooked competing asexual and sexually typified generic names of Ascomycota with recommendations for their use or protection. IMA Fungus 7, 285–304.

Zhang Y, Jeewon R, Fournier J, Hyde KD. 2008b – Multi-gene phylogeny and morphotaxonomy of Amniculicola lignicola: a novel freshwater fungus from France and its relationships to the Pleosporales. Mycological Research 112, 1186–1194.

Zhang Y, Schoch CL, Fournier J, Crous PW et al. 2009c – Multi-locus phylogeny of the Pleosporales: a taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary re-evaluation. Studies in Mycology 64, 85–102.

 

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 3 April 2026

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