Fungalpedia – Note 933, Glomerellaceae

 

Glomerellaceae. Locq. ex Seifert & W. Gams.

Citation when using this data Manawasinghe IS et al. 2022 (in prep.) – 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 25 April 2022

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