Fungalpedia – Note 2062, Cryptocoryneaceae

 

Cryptocoryneaceae. A. Hashim. & Kaz. Tanaka.

Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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

 

Saprobic on various plants. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Conidiomata sporodochial, pulvinate, often confluent, dark brown to black. Conidiophores arising from stromatic cells, simple, septate, hyaline to pale brown. Conidiogenous cells monoblastic, cylindrical to oblong, terminal, determinate, hyaline to pale brown. Conidia solitary, acrogenous, branched, cheiroid, with dark brown to black cap cells firmly united together, multi-armed; basal cells brown, cuneiform, smooth, thin-walled; arms developed downward from the cap cells, cylindrical, multi-septate, branched at base, pale brown, smooth (Schoknecht & Crane 1977, Hashimoto et al. 2016, 2017b).

Notes – Species in Cryptocoryneum showed a close relationship with Lophiotremataceae (Hashimoto et al. 2016). Hashimoto et al. (2017b) introduced a new family Cryptocoryneaceae to accommodate Cryptocoryneum lineage that is phylogenetically distinct from Lophiotremataceae.

 

Type genus: Cryptocoryneum Fuckel.

 

References

Hashimoto A, Matsumura M, Hirayama K, Tanaka K. 2017b – Revision of Lophiotremataceae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes): Aquasubmersaceae, Cryptocoryneaceae, and Hermatomycetaceae fam. nov. Persoonia 39, 51–73.

Hashimoto A, Matsumura M, Hirayama K, Yonezawa H, Tanaka K. 2016 – Taxonomy and phylogeny of Cryptocoryneum (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes). Mycological Progress 15, 45.

Schoknecht JD, Crane JL. 1977 – Revision of Torula and Hormiscium species. Torula occulta, T. diversa, T. elasticae, T. bigemina and Hormiscium condensatum reexamined. Mycologia 69, 533–546.

 

Entry by

Sinang Hongsanan, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand

 

Published online 23 March 2026

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