Fungalpedia – Note 2378, Diaporthales

 

Diaporthales. Nannf.

Citation when using this data: Yuan HS et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Diaporthomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Notes: Diaporthales is an important ascomycete order in the subclass Diaporthomycetidae (Sodariomycetes) comprising phytopathogenic, endophytic and saprobic species (Senanayake et al. 2018). In 1932 Nannfeldt erected Diaporthales to accommodate Höhnel’s Eu-Diaportheen group, and since then it has undergone many taxonomic reconstructions (Wehmeyer 1975; Barr 1978; Maharachchikumbura et al. 2015). Currently there are 14 families accepted in the Diaporthales (Senanayake et al. 2018). With combined taxonomic and phylogenetic results an updated classification for Diaporthales was done by Senanayake et al. (2017, 2018).

 

Type family: Diaporthaceae Höhn. ex Wehm., Am. J. Bot. 13: 638 (1926)

 

References

Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC, Huang SK, Abdel-Wahab MA, Daranagama DA, Dayarathne M, D’souza MJ, Goonasekara ID, Hongsanan S, Jayawardena RS, Kirk PM, Konta S, Liu J-K, Liu ZY, Norphanphoun C, Pang KL, Perera RH, Senanayake IC, Shang QJ, Shenoy BD, Xiao YP, Bahkali AH, Kang JC, Somrothipol S, Suetrong S, Wen TC, Xu JC (2015) Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Sodariomycetes. Fungal Divers 72:199–301

Senanayake IC, Jeewon R, Chomnunti P, Wanasinghe DN, Norphanphoun C, Karunarathna A, Pem D, Perera RH, Camporesi E, McKenzie EHC, Hyde KD, Karunarathna SC (2018) Taxonomic circumscription of Diaporthales based on multigene phylogeny and morphology. Fungal Divers 93: 241–443

 

Entry by

Hai-Sheng Yuan, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, People’s Republic of China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

 

Published online 30 April 2026

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