Fungalpedia – Note 2188, Chromolaenicola
Chromolaenicola. Mapook & K.D. Hyde.
Citation when using this data: Afshari N et al. 2025 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Didymosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Chromolaenicola was erected by Mapook et al. (2020) to accommodate C. nanensis that was isolated from dead stems of Chromolaena odorata in Thailand. Multigene phylogenetic analyses incorporating LSU, ITS, SSU, and tef1-α sequence data revealed that Chromolaenicola species form a monophyletic clade within Didymospheriaceae. The sexual morph has immersed to semi-immersed ascomata with bitunicate asci. The asexual morph forms pycnidial conidiomata (Mapook et al. 2020). In this study, we describe Chromolaenicola doitungensis and as a novel taxon on dead wood of Nayariophyton zizyphifolium from Thailand.
Type species: Chromolaenicola nanensis Mapook & K.D. Hyde, in Mapook, Hyde, McKenzie, Jones, Bhat, Jeewon, Stadler, Samarakoon, Malaithong, Tanunchai, Buscot, Wubet & Purahong, Fungal Diversity 101: 25 (2020)
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Chromolaenicola.
Figure 1 – Chromolaenicola doitungensis (MFLU 24-0461, holotype). a Conidiomata on Nayariophyton zizyphifolium woody litter. b Longitudinal section of the conidiomata c Vertical section through a conidioma. d Section through conidiomatal wall. e–h Conidiogenous cells. i–n Conidia. o, p Colonies on PDA (front and reverse). Scale bars: a = 2.5 mm, b = 500 μm, c = 100 μm, c = 50 μm, d = 20 μm, e–n = 5 μm.
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Entry by
Naghmeh Afshari, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Published online 24 March 2026