Fungalpedia – Note 2050, Gloniaceae
Gloniaceae. E. Boehm, C.L. Schoch & Spatafora.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Mytilinidiales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic or ectomycorrhizal on bark, wood, pine cones or soil. Sexual morph: Hysterothecia dark, erumpent to superficial, progressively dichotomously branched or scattered to gregarious, Peridium wide, thick, three-layered, carbonaceous and brittle when dry. Hamathecium comprising persistent narrow cellular pseudoparaphyses, septate, wide, hyaline, branched with darkened apices, in a gel matrix. Asci 8-spored, fissitunicate, clavate to cylindrical. Ascospores overlapping 2-seriate, hyaline, lightly pigmented to dark brown, 2-celled to muriform. Asexual morph: psiloglonium stygium–like (Boehm et al. 2009a, Jayasiri et al. 2017a).
Notes – Boehm et al. (2009b) elevated the genus to family rank and Boehm et al. (2009a) justified reinstating Gloniaceae and, more importantly, recognising it at family rank for a single genus, because of the high support the group received in a four-gene phylogenetic analysis. The family comprises two other genera, Cenococcum and Purpurepithecium (Spatafora et al. 2012, Jayasiri et al. 2017a).
Type genus: Glonium Mühl.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Gloniaceae.
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