Fungalpedia – Note 1048, Clypeophysalosporaceae

 

Clypeophysalosporaceae A. Giraldo & Crous

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Xylariales, Xylariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Endophytic, saprobic or pathogenic mostly on leaves of Eucalyptus spp. Sexual morph: Ascomata perithecial, brown or black, immersed, solitary, rarely in pairs, globose, sometimes with clypeus or pseudoclypeus. Peridium of several layers of brown and flattened cells. Paraphyses septate, numerous, hyaline, hypha-like, flexuose. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical or obclavate, hyaline, with apical ring staining in Melzer’s reagent. Ascospores uniseriate or biseriate, hyaline, fusoid-ellipsoidal, unicellular, commonly surrounded by a mucilaginous sheath. Asexual morph: Coelomycetous or hyphomycetous. Conidiomata pycnidial, globose, solitary to aggregated, brown. Conidiophores differentiated or reduced to conidiogenous cells (pycnidial form), forming fascicules or rosettes on leaves, or solitary on the hyphae (hyphomycetous form), cylindrical to subcylindrical, brown to pale grey-brown. Conidiogenous cells phialidic, ampulliform, lageniform or subcylindrical, terminal and intercalary, pale to medium brown, apex with flared collarette. Conidia solitary or in slimy heads, subcylindrical, curved, hyaline, obtuse apex and truncate to subtruncate base (adapted from Giraldo & Crous 2017a). 

Notes: Clypeophysalosporaceae was introduced by Giraldo & Crous (2017a) to accommodate Bagadiella, Clypeophysalospora, Neophysalospora and Plectosphaerella. These genera share characteristics in terms of both sexual and asexual morphs, host specificity (mainly Eucalyptus spp.) and distribution (Australia, South Africa, Giraldo & Crous 2017a). Neophysalospora eucalypti has also been isolated from Corymbia henryi (Myrtaceae) (Swart 1981, Cheewangkoon et al. 2009, Crous et al. 2011, 2014b).

Type genus: Clypeophysalospora H.J. Swart.

 

References

Cheewangkoon R, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA, Hyde KD et al. 2009 – Myrtaceae, a cache of fungal biodiversity. Persoonia 55–85.

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Schumacher RK, Hyde KD et al. 2014b – Fungal Planet description sheets: 281–319. Persoonia 33, 212–289.

Giraldo A, Crous PW, Schumacher RK, Cheewangkoon R et al. 2017a – The Genera of Fungi—G3: Aleurocystis, Blastacervulus, Clypeophysalospora, Licrostroma, Neohendersonia and Spumatoria. Mycol Progress 16, 325–348.

Swart HJ. 1981 – Australian leaf-inhabiting fungi. XI. Phyllachora eucalypti. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 76, 89–95.

 

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

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