Fungalpedia – Note 599, Asterinaceae

 

Asterinaceae Hansf.

Citation when using this data: D. S. Marasinghe et al. 2023 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

Classification: Asterinales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Hansford (1946) established Asterinaceae with the type genus Asterina in Microthyriales. Species of this family usually are biotrophic and abundant in tropical and subtropical regions. They are characterized by having thyriothecia comprising upper walls with radiating cells, with star-like or longitudinal silt and dark brown hyphae with appressoria (Hofmann 2010; Hongsanan et al. 2014a). Hongsanan et al. (2020a) accepted 19 genera and Wijayawardene et al. (2022) accepted 18 genera excluding Pycnocarpon. Herein, we accept 11 genera (Asterina, Asterinella, Bastinula, Gangamycea, Halbania, Meliolaster, Prillieuxina, Platypeltella, Pycnocarpon, Trichasterina and Trichopeltospora). We excluded Cirsosia and Echidnodella from Asterinaceae and placed them in Lembosiaceae while we treat Asterostomella as the asexual morph of Asterina. We transfer Dothidasteromella, Parasterinopsis, Schenckiella and Uleothyrium from Asterinaceae to Asterinales incertae sedis. In addition, we accept Calothyriopsis, Caribaeomyces, Caudella and Discopycnothyrium in Asterinales incertae sedis based on morphology and following Hongsanan et al. (2020a).

Type genus: Asterina Lév., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 3: 59 (1845).

 

References

Hansford CG 1946 – The foliicolous Ascomycetes, their parasites and associated fungi. Mycol Pap 15:1–240.

Hofmann TA 2010 – PhD thesis. The faculty of biological sciences at the J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany,p 408.

Hongsanan S, Li YM, Liu JK et al 2014a – Revision of genera in Asterinales. Fungal Divers 68:1–68.

Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R et al 2020a – Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes. Fungal Divers 105:17–318.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Dai DQ et al 2022 – Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa—2021. Mycosphere 13:53–453.

 

Entry by 

Diana Sandamali Marasinghe, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai, 50150, Thailand

 

Published online 29 August 2023

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