Fungalpedia – Note 2995, Kylindria
Kylindria DiCosmo, S.M. Berch & W.B. Kendr.
Citation when using this data: Jing Yang et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Chaetosphaeriaceae, Chaetosphaeriales,, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Dikarya, Fungi.
Notes: Kylindria was segregated from Cylindrotrichum to accommodate five Cylindrotrichum species (DiCosmo et al. 1983). Kylindria is characterized by monophialidic conidiogenous cells often swollen at the upper part with or without a collarette and occasionally elongating percurrently, cylindrical or ellipsoidal, 0–3-septate (mostly 3) conidia, with or without an eccentric protruding hilum near the base (DiCosmo et al. 1983; Bhat and Sutton 1985a; Rambelli and Onofri 1987; Castañeda-Ruíz 1988; Matsushima 1993; Zhang et al. 2010; Maharachchikumbura et al. 2018; Luo et al. 2019). Cylindrotrichum has seta-like conidiophores, mono- or polyphialidic conidiogenous cells without elongation and cylindrical or ellipsoidal, 0–1-septate, rarely 3-septate conidia (Gams and Holubová-Jechová 1976; DiCosmo et al. 1983; Rambelli and Onofri 1987; Arambarri and Cabello 1989; Holubová-Jechová 1990; Maharachchikumbura et al. 2018; Luo et al. 2019). The type species of Cylindrotrichum is holomorphic and its systematic position was supported by molecular DNA data (Réblová et al. 2011a). However, Kylindria lacks known sexual morphs and sequence data is unavailable for its generic type. Three sequenced Kylindria species clustered close to Cylindrotrichum but are distinct (Maharachchikumbura et al. 2018). We follow Réblová et al. (2011a) and recognize both genera.
Type species: Kylindria peruamazonensis Matsush., Matsush. Mycol Mem 7: 56 (1993).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Kylindria.
Figure 1 – Kylindria peruamazonensis (MFLU 22-0060) a Colony on wood. b Conidiophore. c Conidiogenous cell. d, e Conidiophores and conidia. f–i Conidia. j Germinated conidium. k, l Culture, k from above, l from below. Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b, d, e = 50 μm, c, j = 30 μm, f–i = 15 μm.
References
Arambarri AM, Cabello MN. 1989 – A numerical taxonomic study of some phialidic genera of hyphomycetes: cluster analysis. Mycotaxon 34:679–696.
Castañeda-Ruíz RF. 1988 – Fungi Cubenses III. Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical. Alejandro de Humboldt.
Gams W, Holubová-Jechová V. 1976 – Chloridium and some other dematiaceous hyphomycetes growing on decaying wood. Stud Mycol 13:1–99.
Holubová-Jechová V. 1990 – Problems in the taxonomy of the dematiaceous hyphomycetes. Stud Mycol 32:41–48.
Matsushima T. 1993 – Matsushima Mycological Memoirs 7. Matsushima Fungus Collection, Kobe.
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 20 August 2026