Fungalpedia – Note 2279, Anhellia

 

Anhellia Raciborski

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

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Classification: Myriangiaceae, Myriangiales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Anhellia was introduced by Raciborski (1900) in the “Myriangiearum” to accommodate A. tristis Racib. This genus remained monotypic until von Arx (1963) introduced A. calami, A. escharoides, A. purpurascens, A. lantanae and A. nigra. Luttrell (1973) placed the genus in Myriangiaceae. This genus is characterized with hyaline or yellowish brown, elliptical to oblong, muriform ascospores with 4–5-transverse septa and 1–2-longitudinal septa. Pinho et al. (2012) investigated the phylogenetic position of Anhellia in Myriangiales by analysis of nucleotide sequence data of ITS and LSU gene regions. Subsequently, Hyde et al. (2013) and Jayawardena et al. (2014) in their phylogenetic analyses based on ITS, LSU, rpb-2, SSU and tef1 provided evidence to support the placement of this genus in Myriangiaceae.

Type species: Anhellia tristis Racib., Parasit. Alg. Pilze Java’s (Jakarta) 2: 10 (1900).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Anhellia.

 

References

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

Jayawardena RS, Ariyawansa HA, Singtripop C, Li YM et al. 2014 – A re-assessment of Elsinoaceae (Myriangiales, Dothideomycetes). Phytotaxa 176, 120–138.

Luttrell ES. 1973 – Loculoascomycetes. In: Ainsworth GC, Sparrow FK, Sussman AS (eds), The fungi. An advanced treatise, a taxonomic review with keys: ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti. Academic Press, New York, pp 135–219.

Pinho DB, Honorato J, Nicoli A, Hora BT et al. 2012 – Phylogenetic placement of the genus Anhellia and the description of A. nectandrae sp. nov. Mycologia 104, 1291–1298.

Raciborski M. 1900 – Batavia, Indonesia, Staatsdruckerei. Parasitische Algen und Pilze Javas 1, 1–39.

von Arx JA. 1963 – Die Gattungen der Myriangiales. Persoonia 2, 421–475.

 

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 10 April 2026

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