Fungalpedia – Note 1195, Catenularia
Catenularia. Grove.
Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Chaetosphaeriaceae, Chaetosphaeriales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes – Saccardo (1886) established the hyphomycetous genus Catenularia to accommodate the species C. simplex and C. atra. Species are lignicolous and found on dead wood and decaying leaves and herbaceous substrates (Hughes & Kendrick 1965, Subramanian & Bhat 1987, Matsushima 1971, Li et al. 2017a). Catenularia species are characterised by macronematous, mononematous, simple or flexuous conidiophores, monophialidic, collarette conidiogenous cells and aseptate phragmoconidia formed solitary or in chains (Saccardo 1886, Subramanian & Bhat 1987, Li et al. 2017a, Holubová-Jechová 1982).
Type species: Catenularia simplex Grove, in Saccardo, Syll. fung. (Abellini) 4: 303 (1886).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Catenularia.
References
Saccardo PA. 1886 – Sylloge Hyphomycetum. Sylloge Fungorum 4, 1–807.
Subramanian CV, Bhat DJ. 1987 – Hyphomycetes from South India I. Some new taxa. Kavaka 15, 41–74.
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