Fungalpedia – Note 775, Chaetosphaeria

 

Chaetosphaeria. Tul. & C. Tul.

Citation when using this data: Karimi O et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Chaetosphaeriaceae, Chaetosphaeriales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Tulasne & Tulasne (1863) introduced Chaetosphaeria (Cha.), as a new genus, with Cha. innumera as the type species. Chaetosphaeria species have a worldwide distribution and are commonly reported as saprobes on decaying plant material in terrestrial and freshwater habitats (Booth 1957, Sarbhoy & Varshney 1971, Kirk & Spooner 1984, Dennis 1986, McKenzie et al. 1992, Eriksson & Yue 1998, Lu et al. 2000, Irsenaite & Treigiene 2001, Fernández et al. 2006, Chlebicki & Chmiel 2006, Atkinson et al. 2007, Kobayashi 2007, Nasr et al. 2018, Hyde et al. 2024). To date, only one unidentified Chaetosphaeria taxon has been reported from peat swamp forests (Pinruan et al. 2007). In this study, we describe Cha. narathiwatensis as a novel taxon.

Type species: Chaetosphaeria innumera Berk. & Broome ex Tul. & C. Tul., Select. fung. carpol. (Paris) 2: 252 (1863)

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Chaetosphaeria.

 

References

Atkinson TJ, Miller AN, Huhndorf SM, Orlovich DA. 2007 – Unusual new Chaetosphaeria species from New Zealand: Intrafamilial diversity and elucidations of the Chaetosphaeriaceae‐Lasiosphaeriaceae relationship (Sordariomycetes, Ascomycotina). New Zealand Journal of Botany 45, 685–706.

Booth C. 1957 – Studies of Pyrenomycetes: I. Four species of Chaetosphaeria, two with Catenularia conidia. II. Melanopsamma pomiformis and its Stachybotrys conidia. Mycological Papers 68, 1–27.

Chlebicki A, Chmiel MA. 2006 – Microfungi of Carpinus betulus from Poland I. Annotated list of microfungi. Acta Mycologica 41, 253–278.

Dennis RWG. 1986 – Fungi of the Hebrides. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 383.

Eriksson OE, Yue JZ. 1998 – Bambusicolous pyrenomycetes, an annotated checklist. Myconet 1, 25–78.

Fernández FA, Miller AN, Huhndorf SM, Lutzoni FM, et al. 2006 – Systematics of the genus Chaetosphaeria and its allied genera: morphological and phylogenetic diversity in north temperate and neotropical taxa. Mycologia 98, 121–130.

Hyde KD, Noorabadi MT, Thiyagaraja V, He MQ, et al. 2024 – The 2024 Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. Mycosphere 15, 5146–6239. 

Irsenaite R, Treigiene A. 2001 – Pyrenomycetes and Loculoascomycetes on oak (Quercus) in Lithuania. Botanica Lithuanica 7, 193–202.

Kirk PM, Spooner BM. 1984 – An account of the fungi of Arran, Gigha and Kintyre. Kew Bulletin 38, 503–597.

Kobayashi T. 2007 – Index of fungi inhabiting woody plants in Japan. Host, Distribution and Literature. Zenkoku-Noson-Kyoiku Kyokai Publishing Co., Ltd., 1227.

Lu B, Hyde KD, Ho WH, Tsui KM et al. 2000 – Checklist of Hong Kong Fungi. Fungal Diversity Press, Hong Kong, 207 pages.

McKenzie EHC, O’Sullivan PJ, Wilkie JP. 1992 – A list of type specimens of New Zealand fungi held in DSIR Plant Protection Herbarium (PDD). Mycotaxon 43, 77–156.

Nasr S, Bien S, Soudi MR, Alimadadi N, et al. 2018 – Novel Collophorina and Coniochaeta species from Euphorbia polycaulis, an endemic plant in Iran. Mycological Progress 17, 755–771.

Pinruan U, Hyde KD, Lumyong S, McKenzie EHC, Jones EBG 2007 − Occurrence of fungi on tissues of the peat swamp palm Licuala longicalycata. Fungal Diversity 25: 157−173.

Sarbhoy AK, Lal G, Varshney JL. 1971 – Fungi of India (1967–71). Navyug Traders, New Delhi, 148.

Tulasne LR, Tulasne C. 1863 – Selecta Fungorum Carpologia: Xylariei- Valsei- Spaeriei. 2.

 

Entry by

Omid Karimi, State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand

 

Published online 28 July 2025

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