Fungalpedia – Note 1141, Castanediellaceae

 

Castanediellaceae Hern.-Restr., Guarro & Crous

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

Classification: Xylariales, Xylariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Foliicolous, saprobic or associated to leaf spots. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Conidiophores macronematous or semi-macronematous, mononematous or aggregated in sporodochia, branched or unbranched, brown to pale brown. Conidiogenous cells mono- to polyblastic, sympodial, integrated, solitary, or in whorls, cylindrical to lageniform, hyaline to subhyaline, smooth. Conidial secession schizolytic. Conidia unicellular or transversely septate, fusiform or lunate, hyaline (adapted from Hernández-Restrepo et al. 2017).

Notes: LSU based phylogenetic analyses revealed that Castanediellaceae is monophyletic and represents a distinct taxonomic group at the family level closely related to Beltraniaceae in Xylariales (Hernández-Restrepo et al. 2017). Lin et al. (2019a) provided a synopsis of hitherto described Castanediella species and accepted 16 species in the genus.

Type genus: Castanediella Hern.-Restr., Crous & M.J. Wingf., Persoonia 34: 187 (2015).

 

References

Hernández-Restrepo M, Gené J, Castañeda-Ruiz RF, Mena-Portales J. 2017 − Phylogeny of saprobic microfungi from Southern Europe. Studies in Mycology 86, 53−97.

Liu F, Bonthond G, Groenewald JZ, Cai L, Crous PW. 2019a – Sporocadaceae, a family of coelomycetous fungi with appendage-bearing conidia. Studies in mycology 92, 287–415.

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, 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, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China

 

Published online 28 February 2020

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