Fungalpedia – Note 2059, Camarosporidiellaceae
Camarosporidiellaceae. Wanas., Wijayaw., Crous & K.D. Hyde.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic or endophytic or pathogenic on leaves and wood in terrestrial habitats. Sexual morph: Ascomata gregarious to solitary, immersed to erumpent, globose to subglobose, black, unilocular, ostiolate. Ostiole black, papillate. Peridium with several cell layers of textura angularis, with outer layer brown to reddish-brown, inner layer hyaline to sub hyaline. Hamathecium cellular pseudoparaphyses. Asci pedicellate, cylindrical, bitunicate, (2–)4–8-spored. Ascospores 1-seriate, ellipsoidal, mostly with obtuse ends, medium brown, muriform, 3–8 transverse septa, with 1–2 longitudinal septa, constricted at septa. Asexual morph: Coelomycetous. Conidiomata pycnidial, immersed to sub-peridermal, globose, dark brown to black, unilocular. Conidiomata wall thick-walled, dark brown, composed of cells of textura angularis, inner layer with hyaline cells. Ostiole single, circular, central, papillate. Conidiogenous cells enteroblastic, annellidic, integrated to discrete, doliiform, lageniform or cylindrical, smooth, hyaline, formed from the inner cells of the pycnidial wall. Conidia variable in shape, mostly ellipsoidal, curved to straight, truncate at the base, obtuse at the apex, medium brown to dark brown, phragmosporous to muriform, continuous or constricted at the septa.
Notes – Wanasinghe et al. (2017a) introduced Camarosporidiellaceae to accommodate Camarosporidiella which forms a highly-supported monophyletic lineage within the Pleosporineae and phylogenetically distinct from other families in this suborder. Mostly these fungi are saprobic and sometimes can be endophytic or pathogenic or potential opportunistic pathogens on leaves and woody materials. The species in this family are characterized by their gregarious to solitary, globose to subglobose ascomata that having a papillate, central ostiole, peridium containing cell layers of textura angularis, cylindrical, (2–)4–8-spored asci with 1-seriate, ellipsoidal, brown, muriform ascospores is their sexual stage. Their coelomycetous asexual morph is characterized by comprising pycnidial conidiomata, with papillate single ostiole, enteroblastic, annellidic, integrated to discrete, doliiform, lageniform or cylindrical, hyaline conidiogenous cells, pale to dark brown conidia that are phragmosporous to muriform and mostly ellipsoidal. Determinations of Camarosporidiellaceae spp. based solely on morphological data is insufficient for designating new species because of their lack of phenotypic variability. The current understand of ecological and pathogenic aspects of this group is too superficial and extensive sampling should be carried out in different regions and hosts. Pathogenetic virulence of this family should be further investigated with more taxon sampling and DNA based sequence analyses.
Type genus: Camarosporidiella Wanas., Wijayaw., K.D. Hyde.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Camarosporidiellaceae.
References
Entry by
Sinang Hongsanan, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand
Published online 23 March 2026