Fungalpedia – Note 2175, Fenestella
Fenestella. Tul. & C. Tul.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Fenestellaceae, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes – Fenestella was introduced by Tulasne & Tulasne (1863), typified by F. princeps. Phookamsak & Hyde (2015) maintained the monotypic genus Fenestella in Fenestellaceae due to the lack of a modern taxonomic description of the genus and limited molecular data. Wanasinghe et al. (2017d) introduced two new taxa to F. ostryae (Parafenestella ostryae) and
F. mackenziei (Parafenestella faberi). With the morphological and molecular evidence, they transferred Fenestella to Cucurbitariaceae and Fenestellaceae was synonymized under Cucurbitariaceae. See Jaklitsch & Voglmayr (2020) for most updated details. Pleurostromella is treated as an asexual morph of Fenestella, thus it is reduced to a synonym of Fenestella.
Type species: Fenestella princeps Tul. & C. Tul., Select. fung. carpol. (Paris) 2: 207 (1863)
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Fenestella.
References
Jaklitsch WM, Voglmayr H. 2020 – Fenestelloid clades of the Cucurbitariaceae. Persoonia 44, 1–40.
Phookamsak R, Hyde KD. 2015 – Fenestellaceae. Mycosphere 6, 402–413.
Tulasne LR, Tulasne C. 1863 – Selecta Fungorum Carpologia vol 2, Paris, pp 1–319.
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 8 April 2026