Fungalpedia – Note 2528, Gilmaniella
Gilmaniella. G.L. Barron.
Citation when using this data: Tennakoon DS et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes: Gilmaniella was introduced by Barron (1964), to include G. humicola. Gilmaniella species produce masses of dematiaceous conidia from superficial semi-macronematous and mononematous conidiophores (Ellis 1971). Conidia are unicellular, with one or several distinct germ pores (Umali et al. 1998). Currently, eight Gilmaniella species are listed in Species Fungorum (2021), namely G. bambusae, G. humicola, G. indica, G. multiporosa, G. nyukfahii,
G. punctiformis, G. subornata and G. thermophila.
Type species: Gilmaniella humicola G.L. Barron, Mycologia 56(4): 514 (1964).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Gilmaniella.
Figure 1 – Gilmaniella bambusae (MFLU 18-2544): a, b Colonies on leaf. c Squash mount of mycelium. d–g Conidiophores, conidiogenous cells and developing conidia. h–m Conidia (arrows show the single germ pore). n A germinating conidium. o Colonies from above (on PDA). p Colonies from below (on PDA). Scale bars: d–g = 3 μm, h–n = 4 μm.
References
Barron GL 1964 – A new genus of the Hyphomycetes from soil. Mycologia 56:514–518.
Ellis MB 1971 – Dematiaceous hyphomycetes. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew.
Species Fungorum 2021 – http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp. Accessed on Jan 2021.
Umali TE, Goh TK, Hyde KD 1998 – A new species of Gilmaniella from Hong Kong. Mycol Res 102:435–438.
Entry by
Danushka S. Tennakoon, CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China , School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University, 300 Syuefu Road, Chiayi City 60004, Taiwan
Published online 28 May 2026