Fungalpedia – Note 2069, Fusculinaceae
Fusculinaceae. Crous.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on leaves of Eucalyptus socialis. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Coelomycetous. Conidiomata immersed to erumpent, solitary, pycnidia, brown, globose, have a creamy conidial mass. Conidiomata walls several layers, with cells of textura angularis, the outer layers composed of brown walled cells, Conidiophores lining in the cavity, hyaline cells, subcylindrical and smooth. Conidiogenous cells terminal and intercalary, hyaline, smooth. Conidia solitary, fusoid and apex subobtuse, hyaline, aseptate, guttulate, smooth-walled (adapted from Crous et al. 2018a).
Notes – Fusculinaceae was introduced by Crous et al. (2018a). There are two genera in this family and they have been reported with asexual morphs (coelomycetous). Crous et al. (2018a) used ITS and LSU in their phylogenetic analyses and indicated that Fusculina and Gordonomyces formed a distinct clade within Pleoporales, therefore the new family Fusculinaceae was introduced to accommodate this clade.
Type genus: Fusculina Crous & Summerell.
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 23 March 2026