Fungalpedia – Note 2815, Eremascaceae

 

Eremascaceae. Engler & Gilg.

Citation when using this data: Kandemir H et al. 2022 – Fungalpedia.

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Classification: Incertae sedis, Eurotiomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

The cluster Eremascaceae comprises E. albus and Dactylodendron pinicola. Typification of the latter genus was established with Arthrographis kalrae in Eremomycetaceae, which is a genus of Dothideomycetes (Giraldo et al. 2014; Hernández-Restrepo et al. 2020). Arthrographis alba (non-Eremascus albus) is also found in Onygenales (Clade 3, incertae sedis) and is synonymized with Leucothecium emdenii. The reduced characteristics of ascoma morphology, with naked asci and a preference for high-osmotic habitats, are similar to those of Ascosphaeraceae.

Type genus: Eremascus Eidam, Beitr. Biol. Pfl. 3(3): 385 (1883).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Eremascaceae.

 

References

Giraldo A, Gené J, Sutton DA, Madrid H, Cano J, Crous PW, Guarro J 2014 – Phylogenetic circumscription of Arthrographis (Eremomycetaceae, Dothideomycetes). Persoonia 32:102–114. 

Hernández‑Restrepo M, Giraldo A, van Doorn R, Wingfield MJ, Groenewald JZ, Barreto RW, Colmán AA, Mansur PSC, Crous PW 2020 – The Genera of Fungi – G6: Arthrographis, Kramasamuha, Melnikomyces, Thysanorea, and Verruconis. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 6:1–24. 

 

Entry by

Hazal Kandemir, Center of Expertise in Mycology, Radboud University Medical Center/Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Division of Medical Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey 

 

Published online 25 June 2026

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