Fungalpedia – Note 2228, Exopassalora
Exopassalora Videira & Crous
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Mycosphaerellaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
This genus is phytopathogenic and is characterised by brown hyphae, with dark brown chlamydospore-like hyphal swellings, brown conodiophores arising from the mycelium, proliferating sympodially, cells terminal and intercalary conidiogenous cells, with conspicuous, darkened, refractive conidiogenous loci. Conidia are ellipsoidal, tapering to subtruncate, straight or slightly curved, branched chains and brown. Phylogenetic analyses placed this genus in Phaeothecoidiellaceae (Videira et al. 2017, this study).
Type species: Exopassalora zambiae (Crous & T.A. Cout.) Videira & Crous, in Videira et al., Stud. Mycol. 87: 380 (2017).
≡ Passalora zambiae Crous & T.A. Cout., in Crous et al., Stud. Mycol. 50(1): 209 (2004).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Exopassalora.
References
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 25 March 2026