Fungalpedia – Note 2173, Ectophoma
Ectophoma. Valenz.-Lopez, Cano, Crous, Guarro & Stchigel.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Didymellaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes – Aveskamp et al. (2009) transferred taxa from Sphaeronaema to Phoma. After that Valenzuela-Lopez et al. (2018) introduced this genus to accommodate those taxa in family Didymellaceae. However, the species belonging to Ectophoma constitute a distinct clade in the multi-gene phylogenetic analysis of Didymellaceae Valenzuela-Lopez et al. (2018). Ectophoma has conidia that are aseptate, hyaline, smooth- and thin walled, oblong to ellipsoidal, and guttulate. There are three species associated with this genus (Species Fungorum 2020).
Type species: Ectophoma multirostrata (P.N. Mathur et al.) Valenzuela-Lopez, Cano, Crous, Guarro & Stchigel, Stud. Mycol. 90: 34 (2017).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Ectophoma.
References
Species Fungorum. 2020) http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Index.htm
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 8 April 2026