Fungalpedia – Note 2481, Boerlagiomyces

 

Boerlagiomyces Butzin

Citation when using this data: Dong W et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Tubeufiaceae, Tubeufiales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Notes: Boerlagiomyces is characterized by superficial ascomata with sparse, hyphal appendages and muriform ascospores (Boonmee et al. 2014). Boerlagiomyces was placed in Tubeufiaceae based on a reference sequence of B. macrosporus V.G. Rao & Varghese (Doilom et al. 2017) and accepted by Lu et al. (2018b). The type species B. velutinus has eight ascospores (Boonmee et al. 2014), while three freshwater species, viz. B. grandisporus S.J. Stanley & K.D. Hyde, B. lacunosisporus (K.D. Hyde) S.J. Stanley & K.D. Hyde and B. websteri Shearer & J.L. Crane, mostly have two ascospores (Hyde 1992c; Shearer and Crane 1995; Stanley and Hyde 1997). The sequence data of above freshwater species are needed to confirm their phylogenetic placement.

Type species: Boerlagiomyces velutinus (Penz. & Sacc.) Butzin

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Boerlagiomyces.

 

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.

Doilom M, Dissanayake AJ, Wanasinghe DN, Boonmee S, Liu JK, Bhat DJ, Taylor JE, Bahkali AH, McKenzie EHC, Hyde KD 2017 – Microfungi on Tectona grandis (teak) in Northern Thailand. Fungal Divers 82:107–182.

Hyde KD 1992c – Tropical Australian Freshwater Fungi. IV.* Halosarpheia aquatica sp. nov., Garethjonesia lacunosispora gen. & sp. nov. and Ophioceras dolichostomum (Ascomycetes). Aust Syst Bot 5:407–414.

Lu YZ, Liu JK, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Kang JC, Fan C, Boonmee S, Bhat DJ, Luo ZL, Lin CG, Eungwanichayapant PD 2018b – A taxonomic reassessment of Tubeufiales based on multi-locus phylogeny and morphology. Fungal Divers 92:131–344.

Shearer CA, Crane JL 1995 – Boerlagiomyces websteri, a new ascomycete from fresh water. Mycologia 87:876–879.

Stanley SJ, Hyde KD 1997 – Boerlagiomyces grandisporus sp. nov., a new tropical freshwater ascomycete from the Philippines. Mycol Res 101:635–640.

 

Entry by

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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