Fungalpedia – Note 2361, Botryosphaeriales
Botryosphaeriales. C.L. Schoch, Crous & Shoemaker.
Citation when using this data: Yuan HS et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes: Botryosphaeriales was erected by Schoch et al. (2006) to accommodate the single family Botryosphaeriaceae. With the increased availability of molecular data, eight more families have been included in this order (Minnis et al. 2012; Slippers et al. 2013; Wyka and Broders 2016; Jayawardena et al. 2019; Philips et al. 2019). However, due to the lack of morphological and ecological features that can be used for segregation, Liu et al. (2016) expressed some doubts about the inclusion of this many families in Botryosphaeriales. Taking morphology, phylogeny and evolutionary divergence times into account, Phillips et al. (2019) retained only six families in the Botryosphaeriales. Species in this order are cosmopolitan in nature and have a wide host range (Phillips et al. 2019).
Type family: Botryosphaeriaceae Theiss. & Syd. [as ‘Botryosphaeriacae‘], Annls mycol. 16(1/2): 16 (1918).
References
Jayawardena RS, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Ghobad-Nejhad M, Wanasinghe DN, Liu NG, Phillips AJL, Oliveira-Filho JRC, da Silva GA, Gibertoni TB, Abeywikrama P, Carris LM, Chethana KWT, Dissanayake AJ, Hongsanan S, Jayasiri JC, McTaggart AR, Perera RH, Phutthacharoen K, Savchenko KG, Shivas RG, Thongklang N, Dong W, Wei DP, Wijayawardena NN, Kang JC (2019) One stop shop II: taxonomic update with molecular phylogeny for important phytopathogenic genera: 26-50. Fungal Divers 94:41–129
Liu NG, Ariyawansa HA, Hyde KD, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Zhao RL, Phillips AJL, Jayawardena RS, Thambugala KM, Dissanayake AJ, Wijayawardene NN, Liu JK, Liu ZY, Jeewon R, Jones EBG, Jumpathong J (2016) Perspectives into the value of genera, families and orders in classification. Mycosphere 7:1649–1668
Minnis AM, Kennedy AH, Grenier DB, Palm ME, Rossman AY (2012) Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the Planistromellaceae including its coelomycetous anamorphs: contributions towards a monograph of the genus Kellermania. Persoonia 29:11–28
Schoch CL, Shoemaker RA, Seifert KA, Hambleton S, Spatafora JW, Crous PW (2006) A multigene phylogeny of the Dothideomycetes using four nuclear loci. Mycologia 98:1041–1052
Slippers B, Boissin E, Phillips AJL, Groenewald JZ, Lombard L, Wingfield MJ, Postma A, Burgess T, Crous PW (2013) Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriales: a systematic and evolutionary framework. Stud Mycol 76:31–49
Wyka S, Broders K (2016) The new family Septorioideaceae, within the Botryosphaeriales and Septorioides strobi as a new species associated with needle defoliation of Pinus strobus in the United States. Fungal Biol 120:1030–1040
Entry by
Hai-Sheng Yuan, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, People’s Republic of China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China
Published online 30 April 2026
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