Fungalpedia – Note 1156, Ceratosphaeriaceae
Ceratosphaeriaceae Z.L. Luo, H.Y. Su & K.D. Hyde
Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Magnaporthales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on wood. Sexual morph: Stromata absent. Ascomata globose to pyriform, deeply immersed to almost superficial, dark brown to black, carbonaceous, with a long cylindrical, black or yellow crystals neck. Periphyses well-developed. Peridium composed of a large number of layers of very thick-walled rather small cells in the neck region. Interascal tissue of paraphyses thin-walled, probably evanescent at maturity. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical. Ascospores biseriate, narrowly cylindric-fusiform, or filiform, ends acute, septate, smooth-walled. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. harpophora-like. Phialides or short conidiophores arising on aerial hyphae, with conidial heads slimy, inconspicuous, and transparent. Conidiogenous cells phialidic, ampulliform to lageniform, terminal or intercalary, cylindrical. Conidia cylindrical, hyaline, aseptate, smooth (adapted from Luo et al. 2019).
Notes: Réblová (2006) accommodated Ceratosphaeria in Magnaporthaceae based on phylogenetic analyses of combined LSU and SSU sequence data. In the phylogenetic study of Luo et al. (2019), Ceratosphaeria species formed a distinct clade in Magnaporthales and they introduced Ceratosphaeriaceae to accommodate Ceratosphaeria. Presently, there is only one genus (Ceratosphaeria) accepted in this family.
Type genus: Ceratosphaeria Niessl, Verh. nat. Ver. Brünn 14: 203 (1876).
References
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