Fungalpedia – Note 2925, Fusariella
Fusariella Sacc., Atti Inst. Veneto Sci. lett., ed Arti, Sér. 6 2: 463 (1884).
Citation when using this data: Perera RH et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification Bionectriaceae, Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Dikarya, Fungi.
Saprobic on plant material, also isolated from soil, plant pathogenic. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Conidiophores semi-macronematous, mononematous, unbranched or variously branched. Conidiogenous cells phialidic, cylindrical, subulate or lageniform, curved, hyaline to pale brown. Conidia catenate, acrogenous, fusiform, cylindrical, clavate or obclavate, clavate to cylindrical, 1–3-septate, straight or slightly curved, hyaline, subhyaline to olivaceous, grey or brown, mostly smooth-walled, sometimes verruculose (adapted from Lin et al. 2017).
Known distribution: Algeria, Egypt (Mouchacca and Nicot 1972), China (Liu and Zhang 2006; Pollack 1947; Jiang et al. 2017), France (Ellis 1976), India (Sydow and Mitter 1933; Roy and Rai 1968), Israel (Chabelska-Frydman 1964), Mongolia (Wu et al. 2009), Peru (Matsushima 1993), Taiwan (Matsushima 1985), Tanzania (Hennings 1904a), Thailand (Lin et al. 2017), UK (Saccardo 1884), Ukraine (Garbowski 1918), USA (Ellis and Bartholomew 1896).
Notes: Fusariella was established by Saccardo (1884) to accommodate F. atrovirens. The natural classification of Fusariella was uncertain for decades due to lack of molecular data until a comprehensive taxonomic study was carried out by Lin et al. (2017). Lin et al. (2017) showed that the genus belongs in Bionectriaceae with respect to morphology and results of combined gene analysis.
Type species: Fusariella atrovirens (Berk.) Sacc., Fung. 2: 463 (1884).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Fusariella.
Figure 1 – Fusariella atrovirens (IMI 29419, holotype) a Herbarium packet b, c Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells d Conidium. Scale bars: b–d = 20μm.
References
Chabelska-Frydman C 1964 – A new species of Fusariella from Israel. Can J Bot 42:1485–1488
Ellis JB, Bartholomew E 1896 – New Kansas fungi. Erythea 4:23–29
Ellis MB 1976 – More dematiaceous Hyphomycetes 1–507
Garbowski L 1918 – Les champignons parasites récueillie dans le gouvernement de Podolie (Russie) pendant l’été 1915. Bull Soc Mycol Fr 33:73–91
Hennings P 1904a – Fungi Africae orientalis III. Bot Jahrb Syst Pflanzengesch Pflanzengeogr 34:39–57
Liu HM, Zhang TY 2006 – Two new species of Fusariella from soil in China. Mycosystema 25:513–515
Matsushima T 1985 – Matsushima Mycological Memoirs 4. Matsush Mycol Mem 4:1–68
Matsushima T 1993 – Matsushima Mycological Memoirs 7. Matsush Mycol Mem 7:75
Mouchacca J, Nicot J 1972 – Les Fusariella des sols arides. Rev Mycol 37:168–182
Pollack FG 1947 – Two additions to the Fungi Imperfecti. Mycologia 39:617–621
Roy RY, Rai B 1968 – Fusariella indica sp. nov. Trans Brit Mycol Soc 51:333–333
Saccardo 1884 – Miscellanea Mycologica V. Atti dell´Istituto Veneto Scienze 2:460–460
Sydow H, Mitter JH 1933 – Fungi indici. I. Ann Mycol 31:84–97
Wu YM, Geng YH, Zhang TY 2009 – Soil dematiaceous hyphomycetes from the Inner Mongolia Plateau, China. Mycosystema 28:652–655
Entry by
Perera RH, Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, Guizhou 550006, P. R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand.
Published online 7 August 2026