Fungalpedia – Note 2244, Gloniopsis

 

Gloniopsis De Not.

Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Hysteriaceae, Hysteriales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi 

This genus was reviewed by Boehm et al. (2009b) with only seven species based on morphological and phylogenetic data (Boehm et al. 2009a, b, Hyde et al. 2016, Jayasiri et al. 2019). However, the genus is polyphyletic (Boehm et al. 2009a). The genus is characterised by hyaline to yellow dictyospores, curved, in outline obovoid, ends obtuse to sub- to acuminate, multi-septate, with one or more longitudinal septa, constricted at the first-formed septum, sometimes constricted at additional septa, and usually surrounded by a gelatinous sheath, which may dissipate with age (Boehm et al. 2009a, Jayasiri et al. 2018).

Type species: Gloniopsis decipiens De Not., G. bot. ital. 2(7–8): 12, 23 (1847).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Gloniopsis.

 

References

Boehm EWA, Mugambi G, Miller AN, Huhndorf S et al. 2009a – A molecular phylogenetic reappraisal of the Hysteriaceae, Mytilinidiaceae and Gloniaceae (Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes) with keys to world species. Studies in Mycology 64, 49–83.

Boehm EWA, Schoch CL, Spatafora JW. 2009b – On the evoluation of the Hysteriaceae and Mytilinidiaceae (Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomyceetes, Ascomycota) using four nuclear genes. Mycological Research 113, 461–479.

Jayasiri SC, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2019 – Diversity, morphology and molecular phylogeny of Dothideomycetes on decaying wild seed pods and fruits. Mycosphere 10, 1–186.

Hyde KD, Hongsanan S, Jeewon R, Bhat DJ et al. 2016 – Fungal diversity notes 367–490: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 80, 1–270.

 

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 3 April 2026

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