Fungalpedia – Note 2506, Ceratolentales

 

Ceratolentales. K.D. Hyde & Hongsanan.

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank

Classification: Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Saprobic on submerged, dead woody debris or decaying deciduous wood from freshwater or terrestrial habitats. Sexual morph: Ascomata astromatic, immersed to erumpent, subglobose to globose, ostiolate, some species with a long neck. Neck cylindrical emerging above the substratum, straight or slightly curved, ostiolate, periphysate. Peridium leathery, two-layered. Paraphyses hyaline, septate, guttulate, filiform, tapering toward the tip, longer than the asci. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical to clavate, long-stipitate, broadly rounded at the apex with or without apical ring. Ascospores uniseriate or biseriate, fusiform, ellipsoidal-fusiform to ellipsoidal, hyaline, three-septate, without gelatinous sheath. 

Notes: Ceratolenta clusters with Bullimyces in a wellsupported and distinct clade with a divergence estimate of 147 MYA, which falls within the order range (130–250 MYA) (Hongsanan et al. 2017, Hyde et al. 2017, 2020a, Luo et al. 2019). Therefore, Ceratolentales is introduced as a new order to accommodate two new families, Bullimycetaceae and Ceratolentaceae.

 

Type family: Ceratolentaceae K.D. Hyde & Hongsanan

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Ceratolentales.

 

References

Hongsanan S, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Samarakoon MC, Jeewon R, Zhao Q, Al-Sadi AM, Bahkali AH 2017 – An updated phylogeny of Sordariomycetes based on phylogenetic and molecular clock evidence. Fungal Divers 84:25–41.

Hyde KD, Maharachchikumbura SS, Hongsanan S, Samarakoon MC, Lucking R, Pem D, Harishchandra D, Jeewon R, Zhao RL, Xu JC, Liu JK 2017 – The ranking of fungi: a tribute to David L. Hawksworth on his 70th birthday. Fungal Divers 84:1–23.

Hyde KD, Norphanphoun C, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Bhat DJ, et al. 2020a – Refined families of Sordariomycetes. Mycosphere 11:305–1059.

Luo ZL, Hyde KD, Liu JK, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Jeewon R, Bao DF, Bhat DJ, Lin CG, Li WL, Yang J, Liu NG, Lu YZ, Jayawardena RS, Li JF, Su HY 2019 – Freshwater Sordariomycetes. Fungal Divers 99:451–660.

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Research Centre of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Ultilization, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Innovative Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, PR China

 

Published online 28 May 2026

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