Fungalpedia – Note 2317, Fusculina

 

Fusculina. Crous & Summerell.

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

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

 

Notes – Fusculina was introduced by Summerell et al. (2006), with the type species F. eucalypti. Two species have been reported with asexual morphs (Summerell et al. 2006, Crous et al. 2018a). Phylogenetic studies indicated that Fusculina clusters with the type species of Gordonomyces in Pleosporales (Crous et al. 2018a). Crous et al. (2018a) introduced the new family to accomodate these two genera.

 

Type species: Fusculina eucalypti Crous & Summerell, Fungal Divers. 23: 334 (2006).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Fusculina.

 

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Figure 1 – Fusculina eucalyptorum (redrawn from Crous et al. 2018a, CBS H-23775 holotype). a, b Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. c Conidia. Scale bars: a–c = 10 μm.

 

References

Crous PW, Luangsa-Ard JJ, Wingfield MJ, Carnegie AJ et al. 2018a – Fungal Planet description sheets: 785–867. Persoonia 41, 238–417.

Summerell BA, Groenewald JZ, Carnegie AJ, Summerbell RC, Crous PW. 2006 – Eucalyptus microfungi known from culture. 2. Alysidiella, Fusculina and Phlogicylindrium genera nova, with notes on some other poorly known taxa. Fungal Diversity 23, 323–350.

 

 

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 17 April 2026

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