Fungalpedia – Note 922, Comoclathris

 

Comoclathris. Clem.

Citation when using this data Manawasinghe IS et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Diademaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Comoclathris was described by Clements (1909), and it was typified by C. lanata (Clements 1909, Zhang et al. 2012, Ariyawansa et al. 2014, 2015, Brahmanage et al. 2020, Crous et al. 2021). The genus is characterized by operculate perithecia and asymmetrical, muriform ascospores (Shoemaker & Babcock 1992, Ariyawansa et al. 2014, Wanasinghe et al. 2018, Crous et al. 2021). Ariyawansa et al. (2015) placed Comoclathris in Pleosporales. Forty-three Comoclathris species are listed in Species Fungorum (2021), and 18 species have DNA sequence data in GenBank (Brahmanage et al. 2020, Crous et al. 2021). 

Type species: Comoclathris lanata Clem. [as ‘Comochlatris’], Gen. fung. (Minneapolis): [173] (1909).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Comoclathris.

 

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Figure 1 – Comoclathris lonicerae (MFLU 18-1236, new host record). a Ascomata on a dead hanging branch of Colutea arborescens. b Longitudinal section of ascoma. c Peridium. d Pseudoparaphyses. e–g Asci and arrangement of ascospores. h–k Ascospores. Scale bars:
a–c = 200 μm, e–g = 50 μm, d, h–k = 20 μm.

 

References

Ariyawansa HA, Hyde KD, Jayasiri SC, Buyck B et al. 2015 – Fungal diversity notes 111–252 taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 75, 27–274.

Ariyawansa HA, Phookamsak R, Tibpromma S, Kang JC et al. 2014 – A molecular and morphological reassessment of Diademaceae. The Scientific World Journal. 675348, 1–11.

Brahmanage RS, Dayarathne MC, Wanasinghe DN, Thambugala KM et al. 2020 – Taxonomic novelties of saprobic Pleosporales from selected dicotyledons and grasses. Mycosphere 11, 2481–541.

Clements FE. 1909 – The Genera of Fungi. H. W. Wilson Co., Minneapolis, MN.

Crous PW, Cowan DA, Maggs-Kölling G, Yilmaz N et al. 2021 – Fungal planet description sheets: 1182-1283. Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 46, 313–528.

Shoemaker RA, Babcock CE. 1992 – Applanodictyosporous Pleosporales: Clathrospora, Comoclathris, GraphyIlium, Macrospora, and Platysporoides. Canadian Journal of Botany 70, 1617–1658.

Wanasinghe DN, Phukhamsakda C, Hyde KD, Jeewon R et al. 2018 – Fungal diversity notes 709–839: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa with an emphasis on fungi on Rosaceae. Fungal Diversity 89, 1–236.

Zhang Y, Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD. 2012 – Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 53, 1–221.

 

Entry by

Ishara Sandeepani Manawasinghe, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, PR of China

Published online 25 April 2022

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