Fungalpedia – Note 2979, Kirschsteiniotheliaceae

 

Kirschsteiniotheliaceae Boonmee & K.D. Hyde.

Citation when using this data: Jing Yang et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia. 

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Classification: Kirschsteiniotheliales, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Dikarya, Fungi.

Notes: Kirschsteiniotheliaceae was introduced by Boonmee et al. (2012) to accommodate the holomorphic genus Kirschsteiniothelia based on the phylogeny inferred from combined LSU, SSU, and ITS gene regions. Taxa in the family are widely distributed and commonly saprobic on bark, dead twigs, branches, and stems from terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Some also occurred on leaves or survived in sparkling wine.

Type genus: Kirschsteiniothelia D. Hawksw.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Kirschsteiniotheliaceae.

 

References

Boonmee S, KoKo TW, Chukeatirote E, Hyde KD et al. 2012 – Two new Kirschsteiniothelia species with Dendryphiopsis anamorphs cluster in Kirschsteiniotheliaceae fam. nov. Mycologia 104:698–714. 

 

Entry by

Jing Yang, School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, People’s Republic of China, School of Science, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang 550006, People’s Republic of China.

 

Published online 19 August 2026

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