Fungalpedia – Note 641, Capnodiaceae

 

Capnodiaceae Höhn.

Citation when using this data: D. S. Marasinghe et al. 2023 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

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

Höhnel (1909) introduced Capnodiaceae and later, Theissen (1916) validated the family by designating generic type as Capnodium. Batista and Ciferri (1963b) included 40 genera in Capnodiaceae. Later, Luttrell (1973) and von Arx and Muller (1975) accepted 17 genera (Hughes 1976). Kirk et al. (2008) included 26 genera, while Crous et al. (2009) placed three genera in Capnodiaceae based on phylogeny. Later, Lumbsch and Huhndorf (2010) accepted 13 genera. Chomnunti et al. (2011, 2014) re-examined type specimens and accepted only six genera. Ariyawansa et al. (2015) introduced Chaetocapnodium to this family based on morphology and phylogeny. Bose et al. (2014) synonymized Phragmocapnias under Conidiocarpus and Abdollahzadeh et al. (2020) accepted both as separate genera based on molecular data. Hongsanan et al. (2020b) accepted nine genera (Chaetocapnodium, Capnodium, Conidiocarpus, Fumiglobus, Leptoxyphium, Limaciniaseta, Readerielliopsis, Scoriadopsis and Scorias) in Capnodiaceae. Abdollahzadeh et al. (2020) accepted seven genera (Capnodium, Cheatocapnodium, Conidiocarpus, Heterconium, Leptoxyphium, Phragmocapnias and Polychaeton) and excluded Fumiglobus, Limaciniaseta, Readerielliopsis, Scoriadopsis, and Scorias based on molecular data. Recommended genetic markers for Capnodiaceae (species level) are LSU and ITS (Jayawardena et al. 2019).

Type genus: Capnodium Mont. [as ‘Capnodio’], Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 11: 233 (1849)

 

References

Abdollahzadeh J, Groenewald JZ, Coetzee M et al 2020 – Evolution of lifestyles in Capnodiales. Stud Mycol 95:381–414.

Ariyawansa HA, Hyde KD, Jayasiri SC et al 2015 – Fungal diversity notes 111–252 taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Divers 75:27–274.

Batista AC, Ciferri R 1963b – The sooty-molds of the family Asbolisiaceae. Quaderno. Laboratorio Crittogamico, Istituto Botanico Della Università Di Pavia 31:23–229.

Bose T, Reynolds DR, Berbee ML 2014 – Common, unsightly and until now undescribed: Fumiglobus pieridicola sp. nov., a sooty mold infesting Pieris japonica from western North America. Mycologia 106:746–756.

Chomnunti P, Schoch CL, Aguirre-Hudson B et al 2011 – Capnodiaceae. Fungal Divers 51:103–134.

Chomnunti P, Hongsanan S, Aguirre-Hudson B et al 2014 – The sooty moulds. Fungal Divers 66:1–36.

Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD et al 2009 – Phylogenetic lineages in the Capnodiales. Stud Mycol 64:17–47.

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

Hughes SJ 1976 – Sooty moulds. Mycologia 68:693–820.

Kirk P, Cannon P, Minter D et al 2008 – Dictionary of the Fungi, 10th edn. CAB International, Wallingford.

Jayawardena RS, Hyde KD, McKenzie EHC et al 2019 – One stop shop III: taxonomic update with molecular phylogeny for important phytopathogenic genera: 51–75. Fungal Divers 98:77–160.

Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota 2009. Myconet 14:1–64.

Luttrell ES 1973 – Loculoascomycetes. In: Ainsworth GC, Sparrow FK, Sussman AS (eds) The fungi. An advanced treatise, a taxonomic review with keys: Ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti. Academic Press, New York, pp 135–219.

von Arx JA, Müller E 1975 – A re-evaluation of the bitunicate Ascomycetes with keys to families and genera. Stud Mycol 9:1–159.

von Höhnel F 1909 – Fragmente zur Mykologie: IX. Mitteilung (Nr. 407 bis 467). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 118:1461–1552.

 

Entry by 

Diana Sandamali Marasinghe, 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, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai, 50150, Thailand

 

Published online 29 August 2023

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