Fungalpedia – Note 1054, Didymellaceae

 

Didymellaceae. Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley.

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

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Classification: Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

The family Didymellaceae was introduced by De Gruyter et al. (2009) to accommodate Didymella, Phoma and phoma-like genera. Twenty-seven genera are currently assigned to Didymellaceae based on morphology and phylogenetic analyses (Chen et al. 2015, Jayasiri et al. 2017, Thambugala et al. 2017, Wijayawardene et al. 2018). Species of this family are known from a broad range of environments while the majority of Didymellaceae are economically important plant pathogens causing leaf and stem spots. Didymella and Leptosphaerulina species have previously been reported from marine habitats (Jones et al. 2015, Thambugala et al. 2017, Valenzuela-Lopez et al. 2018).

Type species: Didymella Sacc., Michelia 2(no. 6): 57 (1880).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Didymellaceae.

 

References

Chen YS, Cheng MJ, Hsiao Y, Chan HY et al. 2015 – Chemical constituents of the endophytic fungus Hypoxylon sp. 12F0687 isolated from Taiwanese Ilex formosana. Helvetica Chimica Acta 98, 1167–1176.

De Gruyter JD, Aveskamp MM, Woudenberg JHC, Verkley GJM et al. 2009 – Molecular phylogeny of Phoma and allied anamorph genera: towards a reclassification of the Phoma complex. Mycological Research 113, 508–519.

Jones EBG, Suetrong S, Sakayaroj J, Bahkali AH et al. 2015 – Classification of marine Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota and Chytridiomycota. Fungal Diversity 73, 1–72.

Thambugala KM, Wanasinghe DN, Phillips AJL, Camporesi E et al. 2017 – Mycosphere notes 1-50: grass (Poaceae) inhabiting Dothideomycetes. Mycosphere 8, 697–796.

Valenzuela-Lopez N, Cano-Lira JF, Guarro J, Sutton DA et al. 2018 – Coelomycetous Dothideomycetes with emphasis on the families Cucurbitariaceae and Didymellaceae. Studies in Mycology 90, 1–69.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Lumbsch HT, Liu JK et al. 2018 – Outline of Ascomycota, 2017. Fungal Diversity 88, 167–263.

 

Entry by

Monika Dayarathne, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai57100, Thailand, World Agro forestry Centre East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China, Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China

 

Published online 13 January 2020

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