Fungalpedia – Note 2056, Ascocylindricaceae
Ascocylindricaceae. Abdel-Wahab, Bahkali, E.B.G. Jones, H.A. Ariy. & K.D. Hyde.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank
Classification: Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on lignicolous substrates in marine habitats. Sexual morph: Ascomata scattered, immersed, erumpent to superficial, globose to subglobose, dark-brown to black, papillate, ostiolate and ostiole comprises of periphyses. Peridium thin. Hamathecium comprising trabeculate, branched, septate, pseudoparaphyses, embedded in mucilage. Asci 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindrical with short pedicel, 1-seriate to overlapping 1-seriate, with ocular chamber. Ascospores 1-seriate to overlapping 1-seriate, ellipsoidal, dark brown to black, 1-septate, constricted at the septum, rough and ornamented. Asexual morph: Undetermined.
Notes – Ascocylindricaceaewas introduced by Ariyawansa et al. (2015a) to accommodate the monotypic genus collected from marine habitat based on morphology and phylogeny. Members of Ascocylindricaceaecan be easily separated from the other marine taxa in Pleoporales based on their smallascomata,cylindricalasciandbi-celleddarkbrowntoblackascospores.
Type genus: Ascocylindrica Abdel-Wahab,Bahkali,E.B.G.Jones,Ariyaw.&K.D.Hyde.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Ascocylindricaceae.
References
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 23 March 2026