Fungalpedia – Note 2155, Amorosia
Amorosia. Mantle & D. Hawksw.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Amorosiaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes – The hyphomycete genus Amorosia was established to accommodate A. littoralis (Mantle et al. 2006) in Sporormiaceae based on molecular phylogenetic analysis. Thambugala et al. (2015b) placed Amorosia in a newly introduced family, Amorosiaceae. This genus remains monotypic.
Type species: Amorosia littoralis Mantle & D. Hawksw., Mycol. Res. 110(12): 1373.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Amorosia.
Figure 1 – Amorosia littoralis (redrawn from Mantle et al. 2006, holotype). a Chlamydospores. b–d Terminally produced conidiogenous cells and conidia. e Laterally produced conidium and conidiogenous cell. f–h Mature septate conidia. i Conidium in which the apical cell is germinating. Scale bar = 10 μm.
References
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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 8 April 2026