Fungalpedia – Note 2479, Aquaphila
Aquaphila Goh, K.D. Hyde & W.H. Ho
Citation when using this data: Dong W et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1
Classification: Tubeufiaceae, Tubeufiales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Aquaphila is characterized by translucent or pale yellowish, chalky white colonies, hyaline conidiophores arising singly from the procumbent hyphae, denticulate conidiogenous cells with sympodially proliferating and fusoid to sickle-shaped conidia (Goh et al. 1998a). Boonmee et al. (2014) linked Tubeufia asiana Sivichai & C.K.M. Tsui to the sexual morph of the type species A. albicans based on molecular data. Aquaphila formed a sister clade to Chlamydotubeufia Boonmee & K.D. Hyde (Lu et al. 2018b). Aquaphila albicans was only found from freshwater habitats (Goh et al. 1998a; Hyde et al. 2016b) and confirmed with molecular data by Hyde et al. (2016b)
Type species: Aquaphila albicans Goh, K.D. Hyde & W.H. Ho.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Aquaphila.
Figure 1 – Aquaphila albicans (MFLU 15-2713). a, b Colonies on natural substrate. c–g Conidiophores with attached conidiAquaphila a. h–k Conidia. l Germinated conidium. m, n Colony on PDA (up-front, down-reverse). Scale bars: a = 100 μm, b = 50 μm, c, d, f–k = 10 μm, e = 5 μm, l = 20 μm.
References
Boonmee S, Rossman AY, Liu JK, Li WJ, Dai DQ, Bhat DJ, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC, Xu JC, Hyde KD 2014 – Tubeufiales, ord. nov., integrating sexual and asexual generic names. Fungal Divers 68:239–298.
Goh TK, Hyde KD, Ho WH 1998a – Aquaphila albicans gen. et sp. nov., a hyphomycete from submerged wood in the tropics. Mycol Res 102:587–592.
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Wei Dong, Faculty of Agriculture and Food, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Innovative Agriculture Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, China
Published online 22 May 2026
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