Fungalpedia – Note 2362, Aplosporella
Aplosporella. Speg.
Citation when using this data: Yuan HS et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Aplosporellaceae, Botryosphaeriales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes: Aplosporella is a species-rich genus comprising 339 epithets (Index Fungorum 2020). Aplosporella was established by Spegazzini (1880), with A. chlorostroma Speg. as the type species, and now it comprises six species (Hyde et al. 2013; Slippers et al. 2013; Ekanayaka et al. 2016; Sharma et al. 2017). Species of Aplosporella are circumscribed by having multilocular pycnidial conidiomata embedded in stromatic tissues opening by a communal ostiole. The conidia are aseptate, ellipsoid to subcylindrical, initially hyaline, thin-walled and smooth, becoming pigmented, thick-walled and spinulose (Sutton 1980; Hyde et al. 2011; Liu et al. 2012; Ekanayaka et al. 2016; Du et al. 2017). Aplosporella species have been recorded from both temperate and tropical countries (i.e. Australia, China, Namibia, South Africa, Thailand) (Ekanayaka et al. 2016; Dou et al. 2017; Du et al. 2017; Sharma et al. 2017).
Type species:
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Aplosporella.
Figure 1 – Aplosporella prunicola (MFLUCC 16-0791, new host record). a Habit of conidiomata on twig. b Close-up of conidioma. c Cross section of the conidioma. d Peridium. e–f Conidiogenous cells. g–m Conidia. n Germinated spore. o Culture from above. p Culture from below. Scale bars: c–d = 20 μm, e–n = 10 μm
References
Hyde KD, Jones GEB, Liu JK, Ariyawansa H, Boehm E, Boonmee S, Braun U, Chomnunti P, Crous PW, Dai DQ, Diederich P, Dissanayake A, Doilom M, Doveri F, Hongsanan S, Jayawardena R, Lawrey JD, Li YM, Liu YX, Lücking R, Monkai J, Muggia L, Nelsen MP, Pang KL, Phookamsak R, Senanayake IC, Shearer CA, Suetrong S, Tanaka K, Thambugala KM, Wijayawardene NN, Wikee S, Wu HX, Zhang Y, Aguirre-Hudson B, Alias AS, Aptroot A, Bahkali A, Bezerra JL, Bhat DJ, Camporesi E, Chukeatirote E, Gueidan C, Hawksworth DL, Hirayama K, Hoog SD, Kang JC, Knudsen K, Li WJ, Li XH, Liu ZY, Mapook A, McKenzie EHC, Miller NA, Mortimer PE, Phillips AJL, Raja HÁ, Scheuer C, Schumm F, Taylor JE, Tian Q, Tibpromma S, Wanasinghe DN, Wang Y, Xu JC, Yacharoen S, Yan JY, Zhang M (2013) Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Divers 63:1–313
Sutton BC (1980) The Coelomycetes. Commonweath Mycological Institude and the British Mycological Society. Kew, UK
Entry by
Hai-Sheng Yuan, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, People’s Republic of China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China
Published online 30 April 2026