Fungalpedia – Note 998, Diaporthaceae

 

Diaporthaceae Höhn. ex Wehm. 

Citation when using this data: de Silva NI et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Diaporthales, Diaporthomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Diaporthaceae was introduced by von Höhnel (1917) with the type Diaporthe. Castlebury et al. (2002) confirmed the placement of Diaporthaceae in Diaporthales based on the phylogeny of LSU sequence data of diaporthoid taxa. The family comprises endophytes, pathogens and saprobes on terrestrial and rarely submerged plants (Hyde et al. 2020c). Hyde et al. (2020c) accepted the following 15 genera: Apioporthella, Apiosphaeria, Chaetoconis, Chiangraiomyces, Diaporthe, Hyaliappendispora, Leucodiaporthe, Massariothea, Mazzantia, Ophiodiaporthe, Paradiaporthe, Phaeocytostroma, Phaeodiaporthe, Pustulomyces and Stenocarpella.

Type genus: Diaporthe Nitschke, Pyrenomyc. Germ. 1: 110 (1867).

 

References

Castlebury LA, Rossman AY, Jaklitsch WJ, Vasilyeva LN. 2002 – A preliminary overview of the Diaporthales based on large subunit nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences. Mycologia 94, 1017–1031.

Hyde KD, Norphanphoun C, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. 2020c – Refined families of Sordariomycetes. Mycosphere 11, 305–1059.

Von Höhnel FXR. 1917 – Über die Benennung Stellung und Nebenfruchtformen von Sphaerella Fries. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 35, 627–631.

 

Entry by

Nimali Indeewari de Silva, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Research Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.

 

Published online 18 November 2022

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