Fungalpedia – Note 2029, Dothideales

 

Dothideales. Lindau.

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

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Classification: Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Dothideales is an interesting and important order in Dothideomycetes and considered as the basis of the class Dothideomycetes. Most of the accepted species in Dothideales are saprobic (occasionally pathogens) and occur mainly on a wide range of woody and herbaceous plants in terrestrial habitats. Luttrell (1973), von Arx & Müller (1975), Barr (1987b), and Thambugala et al. (2014a) produced significant studies on Dothideales. Neocelosporiales is synonymized under Dothideales in this study based on phylogenetic analyses. Four families are recognized in Dothideales viz. Dothideaceae, Neocelosporiaceae, Saccotheciaceae and Zalariaceae. The divergence time for Dothideales is estimated as 177 MYA (stem age)

 

Type species: Dothideaceae.  Chevall. [as ‘Dothideae’], Fl. gén. env. Paris (Paris) 1: 446 (1826).

 

References

Barr ME. 1987b – Prodromus to class Loculoascomycetes. Amherst, Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts, USA

Luttrell ES. 1973 – Loculoascomycetes. In: Ainsworth GC, Sparrow FK, Sussman AS (eds), The fungi. An advanced treatise, a taxonomic review with keys: ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti. Academic Press, New York, pp 135–219.

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 23 March 2026

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