Fungalpedia – Note 2283, Eurytheca
Eurytheca De Seynes
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Myriangiaceae, Myriangiales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Eurytheca was placed in Saccardiaceae by Höhnel (1917b). However, Wolf & Wolf (1947) mentioned that this genus belongs to “Myriangiaceen”. Lumbsch & Huhndorf (2007) placed this genus in Myriangeaceae and this classification was followed in Hyde et al. (2013) and Dissanayake et al. (2014). This genus has carbonaceous ascostromata and ascospores with 3–6 transverse septa without longitudinal septa (Dissanayake et al. 2014). Fresh collections and phylogenetic analysis are needed to confirm the familial placement of this genus in Dothideomycetes.
Type species: Eurytheca trinitensis Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 13(1): 40 (1915).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Eurytheca.
References
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2007 – Outline of ascomycota–2007. Myconet 13, 1–58.
von Höhnel FXR. 1917b – System der Phacidiales v. H. Sonderabdruck. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 25, 416–422.
Wolf FA, Wolf FT. 1947 – The fungi. Wiley, New York, Volume 2, 538 pp.
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 10 April 2026