Fungalpedia – Note 2116, Davidiellomyces
Davidiellomyces Crous
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.
Classification: Cladosporiaceae, Cladosporiales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Davidiellomyces is a monotypic genus with the type species, D. australiensis, which was collected on leaves of Cyperaceae in Australia. The sexual morph of Davidiellomyces is characterized by globose, black, ostiolate ascomata, 8-spored, bitunicate, obovoid to broadly ellipsoid asci, and multi-seriate, hyaline, guttulate, 1-septate, fusoid-ellipsoidal ascospores with obtuse ends and mucoid sheath (Crous et al. 2017b). The asexual morph is undetermined.
Type species: Davidiellomyces australiensis Crous, Persoonia 38: 251 (2017).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Davidiellomyces.
References
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 25 March 2026