Bertiella

Fungalpedia – Note 2516, Bertiella

 

Bertiella. Sacc.

Citation when using this data: Tennakoon DS et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1

Classification: Massarinaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Notes: Bertiella was raised to generic rank by Saccardo and Sydow (1899) with
B. macrospora as the type species. Previously, Bertiella was assigned to Massaria 
(as M. macrospora). However, recent phylogenetic analyses support its placement within Melanommataceae, close to Byssosphaeria (Tian et al. 2015). Bertiella species act as saprobes on woody hosts and have black, superficial, subglobose, ascomata with carbonaceous peridium, composed of few layers of pigmented cells (Tian et al. 2015; Hongsanan et al. 2020). 

 

Type species: Bertia subgen. Bertiella Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 1: 584 (1882).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Bertiella.

 

 

Figure 1 – Bertiella fici (MFLU 19-2713, holotype): a–c Appearance of ascomata on the host. d Section of an ascoma. e Peridium. f Pseudoparaphyses. g–i Asci. j–l Ascospores.
m A germinating ascospore. n Colonies from above (on PDA). o Colonies from below (on PDA). Scale bars: d = 100 μm, e = 10 μm, f–i = 20 μm, j–m = 5 μm.

 

References

Saccardo PA, Sydow P 1899 – Sylloge Fungorum 14:1–724.

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Tian Q, Liu JK, Hyde KD, Wanasinghe DN, Boonmee S, Jayasiri SC, Luo ZL, Taylor JE, Phillips AJL, Bhat DJ, Li WJ, Ariyawansa H, Thambugala KM, Jones EBG, Chomnunti P, Bahkali AH, Xu JC, Camporesi E 2015 – Phylogenetic relationships and morphological reappraisal of Melanommataceae (Pleosporales). Fungal Divers 74:267–324.

 

Entry by

Danushka S. Tennakoon, CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China , School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University, 300 Syuefu Road, Chiayi City 60004, Taiwan

 

Published online 28 May 2026

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