Fungalpedia – Note 2223, Delphinella

 

Delphinella (Sacc.) Kuntze

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

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Classification: Dothioraceae, Dothideales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Delphinella was introduced by Kuntze (1898) based on Sphaeria strobiligena which was assigned as the type species of Delphinella by Müller & von Arx (1962). Sexual morphs of this genus are characterized by dark brown to black, multiloculate ascostromata with globose to subglobose locules that lack ostioles. Asci are borne at the base of loculus and are polysporous lacking ocular chamber. Ascospores are 2−3-seriate to crowded and hyaline or yellowish (Thamugala et al. 2014a). The asexual morph of Delphinella abietis was reported as Dothiorella. According to modern taxonomic and molecular analyses Dothiorella belongs to Botryosphaeriaceae (Thamugala et al. 2014a). von Arx & Müller (1975) included Delphinella under Dothideaceae. Barr (2001) and Hyde et al. (2013) suggested it should be placed under Dothideaceae.

≡ Glonium subgen. Delphinella Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 9: 1103 (1891).

Type species: Delphinella strobiligena (Desm.) Sacc. ex E. Müll. & Arx, Beitr. Kryptfl. Schweiz 11(no. 2): 25 (1962). 

≡ Sphaeria strobiligena Desm., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 6: 75 (1846).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Delphinella.

 

References

Barr ME. 2001 – Revisionary studies on the Dothioraceae. Harvard Papers in Botany 6, 25–34.

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu J-K, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

Kuntze O. 1898 – Revisio generum plantarum. A Felix Leipzig 3, 1–576.

Müller E, von Arx JA. 1962 – Beitrage zur Kryptogamenflora der Schweiz 11, 1–922.

Thambugala KM, Ariyawansa HA, Li YM, Boonmee S et al. 2014a – Dothideales. Fungal Diversity 68, 105–158.

von Arx JA, Müller E. 1975 – A re-evaluation of the bitunicate Ascomycetes with keys to families and genera. Studies in Mycology 9, 1–159.

 

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 3 April 2026

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