Fungalpedia – Note 2986, Diplocladiella
Diplocladiella G. Arnaud ex M.B. Ellis.
Citation when using this data: Jing Yang et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Oncopodiellaceae, Oncopodiellales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
Notes: Diplocladiella was established by Arnaud (1954) with D. scalaroides as the type species. The taxon was validated by Ellis (1976) with a Latin diagnosis. Diplocladiella comprises eight species characterized by macronematous, mononematous, pale to mid brown conidiophores, polyblastic, sympodial, geniculate conidiogenous cells with cicatrized, truncate conidiogenous loci and broadly Y-shaped, conidia, subhyaline when young, becoming pale olivaceous green, pale brown to brown, sometimes with pale to hyaline, filiform appendages at the arms’ tip. Sexual morphs are still unknown in the genus, and molecular DNA data is also unavailable.
Type species: Diplocladiella scalaroides G. Arnaud ex M.B. Ellis, More Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes (Kew): 229 (1976).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Diplocladiella.
Figure 1 – Diplocladiella scalaroides (GZAAS 20-0458, reference specimen) a, b Colony on natural substrate. c, d Conidiophores with conidia. e–h Development of conidia. i Conidiophore. j–m Conidia. n Germinated conidium. o, p Culture, o from above, p from below. Scale bars: j, k = 20 μm, c–i, l–n =15 μm.
References
Arnaud G. 1954 – Mycologie concrète: genera II. Bull Trimest Soc Mycol Fr 69:265–306.
Ellis MB. 1976 – More dematiaceous hyphomycetes. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, England.
Entry by
Jing Yang, School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, People’s Republic of China, School of Science, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang 550006, People’s Republic of China.
Published online 19 August 2026