Fungalpedia – Note 1304, Cryptosphaeria

 

Cryptosphaeria. Ces. & De Not.

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

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

Notes – Cryptosphaeria has been widely accepted in Diatrypaceae (Nitschke 1867, 1870, Clement & Shear 1931, Rappaz 1989, Trouillas et al. 2010b, 2015). The genus comprises corticolous species and is characterised by widely effuse and poorly developed stromata, often covered by a periderm, which is penetrated only by the separately emerging ostioles, generally 8-spored, spindle-shaped, long pedicellate asci and sub-olivaceous to brown ascospores (Glawe 1984, Rappaz 1987).

Type species: Cryptosphaeria millepunctata Grev., Fl. Edin.: 360 (1824).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Cryptosphaeria.

 

References

Clements FE, Shear CL. 1931 – The genera of Fungi 1–496.

Glawe DA. 1984 – Cryptosphaeria pullmanensis, a new species from Washington state. Mycologia 76, 166–169.

Nitschke T. 1867 – Pyrenomycetes Germanici. Breslau 1, 1–160.

Nitschke T. 1870 – Pyrenomycetes Germanici 2. Breslau 161–320.

Rappaz F. 1987 – Taxonomie et nomenclatijre des Diatrypaceae à asques octospores. Mycologia Helvetica 2, 285–648.

Rappaz F. 1989 – Proposal to conserve Cryptosphaeria Ces. & de Not. (1863) against Cryptosphaeria Grev. (1822) (Ascomycotina). Taxon 38, 664.

Trouillas FP, Hand FP, Inderbitzin P, Gubler WD. 2015 – The genus Cryptosphaeria in the western United States: taxonomy, multilocus phylogeny and a new species, C. multicontinentalis. Mycologia 107, 10.

Trouillas FP, Sosnowski MR, Gubler WD. 2010b – Two new species of Diatrypaceae from coastal wattle in Coorong National Park, South Australia. Mycosphere 1, 183–188.

 

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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