Fungalpedia – Note 1870, Greeneria

 

Greeneria. Scribn. & Viala.

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank

Classification: Phyllostictaceae, Botryosphaeriales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Notes – Greeneria was introduced based on G. fuliginea (Scribner & Viala 1887) and synonymized under Melanconium (Cavara 1889) as M. fuligineum. van derAa (1973) placed the genus in Phyllosticta as P. ampelicida. Punithalingam (1974) renamed the taxon as Greeneria uvicola with descriptions and illustrations. LSU rDNA sequence analysis (Farr et al. 2001) showed that G. uvicola belonged in Diaporthales. Senanayake et al. (2017a) reported that G.  uvicola and G. saprophytica should be accommodated in Melanconiellaceae. Greeneria saprophytica did not have a close affinity to G. uvicola and this needs further resolution. Greeneria does not have a sexual morph (Zhang & Blackwell 2001). Based on Senanayake et al. (2018), Greeneria now has a single species, G. uvicola.

 

Type species: Greeneria uvicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Punith.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Greeneria.

 

References

Farr DF, Rossman AY. 2001 – Harknessia lythri, a new species on purple loosestrife. Mycologia 93, 997–1001.

Scribner FL, Viala P. 1887– Le Greeneria fuliginea, nouvelle forme de rot des fruits de lab vigne observee en Am€arique. Com ptes rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 105, 473.

Senanayake IC, Crous P, Groenewald J, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. 2017a – Families of Diaporthales based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence. Studies in Mycology 86, 217–296.

Senanayake IC, Jeewon R, Chomnunti P, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2018 – Taxonomic circumscription of Diaporthales based on multigene phylogeny and morphology. Fungal Diversity 93, 241–443.

Van der Aa HA. 1973– Studies in Phyllosticta I. Studies in Mycology 5, 1–110.

Zhang N, Blackwell M. 2001 – Molecular phylogeny of dogwood anthracnose fungus (Discula destructiva) and the Diaporthales. Mycologia 93, 355–365.

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China

 

Published online 28 February 2020

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