Fungalpedia – Note 2216, Elasticomyces

 

Elasticomyces Zucconi & Selbmann

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

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Classification: Incertae sedis, Capnodiales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Selbmann et al. (2008) introduced this hyphomycetous genus which occurs on the thallus of Usnea antarctica. Quaedvlieg et al. (2014) showed that Elasticomyces elasticus can be accommodated in Teratosphaeriaceae. See description and illustration in Selbmann et al. (2008) and Quaedvlieg et al. (2014).

Type species: Elasticomyces elasticus Zucconi & Selbmann, Stud. Mycol. 61: 11 (2008).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Elasticomyces.

 

References

Selbmann L, De Hoog GS, Zucconi L, Isola D et al. 2008 – Drought meets acid: three new genera in a dothidealean clade of extremotolerant fungi. Studies in Mycology 61, 1–20.

Quaedvlieg W, Binder M, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA et al. 2014 – Introducing the consolidated species concept to resolve species in the Teratosphaeriaceae. Persoonia 33, 1–40.

 

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 3 April 2026

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