Fungalpedia – Note 2128, Hyphosoma

 

Hyphosoma. Syd.

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

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Classification: Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Notes – Hughes (1970) concluded that the Type species H. hypoxyloides is best considered a nomen confusum (Art. 69) based on a collection from New Zealand. Hyphosoma is retained as a distinct genus in Metacapnodiaceae (Wijayawardene et al. 2012, 2017a, Hyde et al. 2013, Chomnunti et al. 2014). Hyphae of this genus has two kinds which are (1) toruloid or moniliform, with secede as 2-celled conidia which vary greatly in size, (2) long, branched, slightly constricted at the septa, do not secede, but bear oblong-fusoid to clavate-fusoid with 8- to 13-septate conidia (Hughes 1970).

 

Type species: Hyphosoma hypoxyloides Syd., Annls mycol. 22(3/6): 315 (1924).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Hyphosoma.

 

References

Chomnunti P, Hongsanan S, Aguirre-Hudson B, Tian Q et al. 2014 – The sooty moulds. Fungal Diversity 66, 1–36.

Hughes SJ. 1970 – New Zealand Fungi 14. Antennaria, Antennularia, Antennatula, Hyphosoma, Hormisciella, and Capnobotrys gen. nov. New Zealand Journal of Botany 8, 153–209.

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu J-K, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Rajeshkumar KC, Hawksworth DL et al. 2017a – Notes for genera: Ascomycota. Fungal Diversity 86, 1–594.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Tibpromma S, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2017b – Towards incorporating asexual fungi in a natural classification: checklist and notes 2012– 2016. Mycosphere 8, 1457–1554.

 

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

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