Fungalpedia – Note 765, Cancellidium

 

Cancellidium. Tubaki.

Citation when using this data: Karimi O et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Cancellidiaceae, Cancellidiales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Tubaki (1975) established Cancellidium as a new genus, with Ca. applanatum as the type species. Currently, seven accepted species of Cancellidium are listed in Species Fungorum (2024). Members of Cancellidium are reported as saprobes on Eleiodoxa conferta from Thailand (Pinnoi et al. 2006), Licuala longicalycata from Thailand (Pinruan et al. 2007), decayed needles of Pinus massoniana from China (Yeung et al. 2006), and also primarily in freshwater habitats. To date, one species of this genus (Ca. applanatum) and two unidentified cancellidium-like species have been reported from peat swamp forests (Pinnoi et al. 2006, Pinuruan et al. 2007). In this study, we introduce Ca. narathiwatense as a novel species, found on submerged rachides of Eleiodoxa conferta in the peat swamp forest of Narathiwat, Thailand.

Type species: Cancellidium applanatum Tubaki, Trans. Mycol. Soc. Japan 16(4): 358 (1975).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Cancellidium.

 

References

Pinnoi A, Lumyong S, Hyde KD, Jones EBG et al. 2006 – Biodiversity of fungi on the palm Eleiodoxa conferta in Sirindhorn peat swamp forest, Narathiwat, Thailand. Fungal Diversity 22, 205–218.

Pinruan U, Hyde KD, Lumyong S, McKenzie EHC, Jones EBG 2007 − Occurrence of fungi on tissues of the peat swamp palm Licuala longicalycata. Fungal Diversity 25: 157−173.

Tubaki K. 1975 – Notes on the Japanese hyphomycetes. VII. Cancellidium, a new hyphomycetes genus. Transactions of the Mycological Society of Japan 16, 357–360.

Yeung QSY, Jeewon R, Hyde KD. 2006 – Cancellidium pinicola sp. nov. from Pinus massoniana and its phylogeny. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 27(4), 295–304.

 

Entry by

Omid Karimi, State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand

 

Published online 28 July 2025

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