Fungalpedia – Note 2122, Capnobotrys

 

Capnobotrys. S. Hughes.

Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Metacapnodiaceae, Capnodiales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Notes – Capnobotrys is one of the synasexual morphs of Metacapnodiaceae, which was erected by Hughes (1970). Morphological characters of Capnobotrys species were provided in Hughes (1981). The genus differs from Metacapnodium in having 1-septate or somewhat 2- to multi-septate, conidia developing successively on clustered sympodulae on mononematous hyphae, while Metacapnodium has conidia develop successively on densely crowned sympodulae on synnematous hyphae, and 3–8-septate, ellipsoidal, 3-septate, brown ascospores (Hyde et al. 2013, key to genera of Metacapnodiaceae).

 

Type species: Capnobotrys neesii S. Hughes, N.Z. Jl Bot. 8(2): 205 (1970).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Metacapnodium .

 

References

Hughes SJ. 1970 – New Zealand Fungi 14. Antennaria, Antennularia, Antennatula, Hyphosoma, Hormisciella, and Capnobotrys gen. nov. New Zealand Journal of Botany 8, 153–209.

Hughes SJ. 1981 – New Zealand fungi 31. Capnobotrys, an anamorph of Metacapnodiaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 19, 193–226.

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu J-K, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

 

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

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