Fungalpedia – Note 903, Botryosphaeriaceae

 

Botryosphaeriaceae. Theiss. & Syd.

Citation when using this data Manawasinghe IS et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Botryosphaeriales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi 

Botryosphaeriaceae encompasses endophytes, pathogens and saprobes on a wide range of hosts worldwide (Hongsanan et al. 2020b). They are opportunistic pathogens on many economically important crops (Chethana et al. 2016, Manawasinghe et al. 2016). For taxonomic treatments of this family, we follow Phillips et al. (2019), Hongsanan et al. (2020b), Zhang et al. (2020) and Wu et al (2021). 

Type genus: Botryosphaeria Ces. & De Not., Comm. Soc. crittog. Ital. 1(fasc. 4): 211 (1863).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Botryosphaeriaceae.

 

References

Chethana KWT, Li XH, Zhang W, Hyde KD et al. 2016 – Trail of decryption of molecular research on Botryosphaeriaceae in woody plants. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 55, 147–171.

Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2020b – Refined families of Dothideomycetes: Dothideomycetidae and Pleosporomycetidae. Mycosphere 11, 1553–2107.

Manawasinghe IS, Phillips AJL, Hyde KD, Chethana KWT et al. 2016 – Mycosphere Essays 14: Assessing the aggressiveness of plant pathogenic Botryosphaeriaceae. Mycosphere 7, 883–892.

Phillips AJ, Hyde KD, Alves A, Liu JKJ. 2019 – Families in Botryosphaeriales: a phylogenetic, morphological and evolutionary perspective. Fungal Diversity 94, 1–22.

Wu N, Dissanayake AJ, Manawasinghe IS, Rathnayaka AR et al. 2021 – https://botryosphaeriales. org/, an online platform for up-to-date classification and account of taxa of Botryosphaeriales. Database 2021, 1–9.

 Zhang W, Groenewald JZ, Lombard L, Schumacher RK et al. 2020 – Evaluating species in Botryosphaeriales. Persoonia 46, 63–115.

 

Entry by

Ishara Sandeepani Manawasinghe, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, PR of China

Published online 25 April 2022

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