Fungalpedia – Note 2320, Hypsostroma
Hypsostroma. Huhndorf.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Hypsostromataceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes – Hypsostroma species are characterized in having large superficial ascomata which form on a subiculum, pseudoparenchymatous peridial cells, trabeculate pseudoparaphyses, clavate asci with long pedicels, conspicuous apical apparatus and disarticulating ascospores with germ slits (Huhndorf 1992).
Type species: Hypsostroma saxicola Huhndorf.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Hypsostroma.
Figure 1 – Hypsostroma saxicola (holotype). a herbarium lable. b Ascomata on rock. c Close up of ascomata. d, e Longitudinal section through ascoma. f Peridium. g Pseudoparaphyses. h–j Asci. k, l Asci with ocular chamber. m–q Ascospores. Scale bars: d, e = 500 μm, f = 40 μm, g, k–q =20 μm, h–j = 50 μm.
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 17 April 2026