Fungalpedia – Note 938, Ceratosphaeria
Ceratosphaeria. Niessl.
Citation when using this data Manawasinghe IS et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Ceratosphaeriaceae, Magnaporthales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Ceratosphaeria was introduced by Niessl (1876) with C. lampadophora as the type species. This genus is characterised by globose to pyriform, immersed ascomata, cylindric-clavate asci, truncate to broadly rounded at the apex, with an apical annulus and allantoid to suballantoid, aseptate ascospores (Niessl 1876, Re´blova´ 2006).
Type species: Ceratosphaeria lampadophora (Berk. & Broome) Niessl, Verh. nat. Ver. Brünn 14: 203 (1876).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Ceratosphaeria.
Figure 1 – Ceratosphaeria yunnanensis (KUN–HKAS 112878, holotype). a, c Appearance of ascomata on substrate. d Section through ascoma. e, g Peridium. f Ostiole. h Paraphyses. i, j Apical ring of asci. k–m Asci. n–q Ascospores. r Germinated ascospore. s Culture characteristics on PDA. Scale bars: d = 500 μm, e, f = 200 μm, h, k–q, r = 100, g, i, j = 10 μm.
References
Niessl G. 1876 – Notizen u¨ber neue und kritische Pyrenomyceten. Verlag des Vereines.
Entry by
Ishara Sandeepani Manawasinghe, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, PR of China
Published online 3 October 2025