Fungalpedia – Note 2254, Fissuroma

 

Fissuroma Jian K. Liu, Phookamsak, E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde

Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Aigialaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Fissuroma is typified by F. maculans (Liu et al. 2011). Fissuroma species have been reported from numerous hosts such as Arenga westerhoutii, bamboo, Borassus flabellifer, Calamus rotang and Hedychium coronarium, and are widely distributed (Phookamsak et al. 2015b, Niranjan & Sarma 2018, Tennakoon et al. 2018c, Wanasinghe et al. 2018a). The coelomycetous pleurophomopsis-like asexual morph was reported for F. aggregata with globose to subglobose conidiomata, phialidic conidiogenous cells and hyaline, globose conidia (Tanaka & Harada 2005a). Phookamsak et al. (2015b) showed Fissuroma bambusae formed a coelomycetous asexual morph on MEA, which differs from F. aggregata in having oblong conidia.

Type species: Fissuroma maculans (Rehm) Jian K. Liu, E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Divers. 51(1): 145 (2011). 

≡ Metasphaeria maculans Rehm, Philipp. j. sci. 8 (5): 401 (1913).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Fissuroma. 

 

References

 

Liu JK, Phookamsak R, Jones EBG, Zhang Y et al. 2011 – Astrosphaeriella is polyphyletic, with species in Fissuroma gen. nov., and Neoastrosphaeriella gen. nov. Fungal Diversity 51, 135–154.

Niranjan M, Sarma VV. 2018 – New Ascomycetous fungi in the family Aigialaceae from Andaman Islands, India. Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology (Journal of Fungal Biology) 8, 351–359.

Phookamsak R, Norphanphoun C, Tanaka K, Dai DQ et al. 2015b – Towards a natural classification of Astrosphaeriella-like species; introducing Astrosphaeriellaceae and Pseudoastrosphaeriellaceae fam. nov. and Astrosphaeriellopsis, gen. nov. Fungal Diversity 74, 143–197.

Tanaka K, Harada Y. 2005a – Bambusicolous fungi in Japan (4): a new combination, Astrosphaeriella aggregata. Mycoscience 46, 114–118.

Tennakoon DS, Phookamsak R, Kuo CH, Goh TK et al. 2018c – Morphological and phylogenetic evidence reveal Fissuroma taiwanense sp. nov. (Aigialaceae, Pleosporales) from Hedychium coronarium. Phytotaxa 338, 265–275.

Wanasinghe DN, Jeewon R, Jones EBG, Boonmee S et al. 2018a – Novel palmicolous taxa within Pleosporales: multigene phylogeny and taxonomic circumscription. Mycological Progress 17, 571–590.

 

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 3 April 2026

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