Fungalpedia – Note 2739, Epaphroconidia
Epaphroconidia Calat. & V. Atienza.
Citation when using this data: Meng QF et al. – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Ascomycota genera incertae sedis, Fungi.
Epaphroconidia was introduced by Calatayud et al. (1995a) to describe E. hawksworthii, a conidial fungus found on the thallus of Pertusaria pertusa in Spain. The genus is characterized by black conidiomata, which are initially subglobose but become cupulate with age. Conidiogenous cells emerge from the pycnidial wall and produce conidia enteroblastically through a minute pore. The conidia are holoblastic, large, globose, hyaline, and aseptate (Calatayud et al. 1995a). With only one known species and no molecular data available, its phylogenetic placement remains uncertain.
Type species: Epaphroconidia hawksworthii Calat. & V. Atienza, on Pertusaria pertusa (Calatayud et al. 1995a).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Epaphroconidia.
Figure 1 – Epaphroconidia hawksworthii redrawn from Calatayud et al. (1995a). a Section of conidioma. b Different stages of conidiogenous cells and conidia. c Conidia. Scale bars: a = 25 μm, b, c = 20 μm.
References
Entry by
Meng QF, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand and School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou 563000, China.
Published online 23 July 2026