Fungalpedia – Note 933, Glomerellaceae

 

Glomerellaceae. Locq. ex Seifert & W. Gams.

Citation when using this data Manawasinghe IS et al. 2022 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Glomerellales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Glomerellaceae is a monotypic family belonging to Sordariomycetes. This family produces black, astromatic perithecia with abundant thin-walled paraphyses, clavate asci, and hyaline, curved ascospores (Zhang et al. 2006). 

Type genus: Glomerella Spauld. & H. Schrenk, Science, N.Y. 17: 751 (1903).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Glomerellaceae.

 

References

Zhang N, Castlebury LA, Miller AN, Huhndorf SM et al. 2006 – An overview of the systematics of the Sordariomycetes basedon a four-gene phylogeny. Mycologia 98, 1076–1087.

 

Entry by

Ishara Sandeepani Manawasinghe, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, PR of China

 

Published online 3 October 2025

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