Fungalpedia – Note 2264, Kabatina

 

Kabatina R. Schneid. & Arx

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

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Classification: Dothideaceae, Dothideales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Kabatina is an asexual genus introduced to accommodate K. juniperi and K. thujae. Later, Butin & Schneider (1976), Ramaley (1992) and Butin & Pehl (1993) added K. populi, K. mahoniae and K. abietis, respectively. The unique characters of Kabatina are enteroblastic, phialidic or percurrent, determinate, brown to pale brown conidiogenous cells, with a channel and collarette (Thambugala et al. 2014a). Wijayawardene et al. (2012) placed this genus under Dothioraceae, while Hyde et al. (2013) and Thambugala et al. (2014a) categorized Kabatina as a genus in Dothideaceae. Only ITS sequence data are available for Kabatina species in GenBank. Therefore, Kabatina species need to be sequenced for nuclear ribosomal genes and protein-coding genes in order to obtain a better resolution in the phylogenetic analyses. Kabatina species do not have ex-type sequence data and re-collecting and sequencing are needed to confirm the familial placements (Thambugala et al. 2014a). Kabatina mahoniae was synonymized by Crous et al. (2018a) under Dothiora mahoniae. However, in the present study Kabatina juniperi and K. thujae grouped as a monophyletic clade sister to Dothidea (88 % MLBS, 0.94 PP).

Type species: Kabatina thujae R. Schneid. & Arx, Phytopath. Z. 57: 180 (1966).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Kabatina.

 

References

Butin H, Pehl L. 1993 – Kabatina abietis sp. nov., associated with browing of fir needles. Mycological Research 97, 1340–1342.

Butin H, Schneider R. 1976 – Kabatina populi nov. spec. Phytopathologische Zeitschrift, Journal of Phytopathology 85, 39–42.

Crous PW, Luangsa-Ard JJ, Wingfield MJ, Carnegie AJ et al. 2018a – Fungal Planet description sheets: 785–867. Persoonia 41, 238–417.

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

Ramaley AW. 1992 – Tectacervulus mahoniae, Kabatina mahoniae, and Selenophoma mahoniae, three new fungi on Mahonia repens. Mycotaxon 43, 437–452.

Thambugala KM, Ariyawansa HA, Li YM, Boonmee S et al. 2014a – Dothideales. Fungal Diversity 68, 105–158.

Wijayawardene DNN, McKenzie EHC, Hyde KD. 2012 – Towards incorporating anamorphic fungi in a natural classification–checklist and notes for 2011. Mycosphere 3, 157–228.

 

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 10 April 2026

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