Fungalpedia – Note 2074, Lentimurisporaceae

 

Lentimurisporaceae N.G. Liu, J.K Liu & K.D. Hyde

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

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Classification: Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Saprobic or soil-inhabiting in terrestrial. Sexual morph: Unknown. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate superficial, punctiform or powdery, scattered, brown to black. Mycelium mostly immersed. Conidiomata sporodochial. Conidiophores micronematous to macronematous, simple, septate or aseptate. Conidiogenous cells blastic, terminal, hyaline or brown. Conidia muriform or fusiform, cylindrical or rhomboidal, solitary or catenate in simple or branched chains (adapted from Liu et al. 2018c).

Lentimurisporaceae was established by Liu et al. (2018c) to accommodate Lentimurispora, Bahusandhika and two Berkleasmium species in Pleosporales. Divergence time estimates showed that Lentimurisporaceae diverged approximately 78 MYA (Liu et al. 2018c). Although two Berkleasmium species were accepted in Lentimurisporaceae, this genus is polyphyletic (Pinnoi et al. 2007, Wang et al. 2007) and the type species Be. concinnum was accommodated in Tubeufiaceae (Tanney & Miller 2017, Lu et al. 2018). Therefore, we do not accept Berkleasmium as a distinct genus in Lentimurisporaceae.

Type species: Lentimurispora N.G. Liu, Bhat & K.D. Hyde.

 

References

Liu NG, Lin CG, Liu JK, Samarakoon MC et al. 2018c – Lentimurisporaceae, a new pleosporalean family with divergence times estimates. Cryptogamie Mycologie 39, 259–282.

Lu YZ, Liu JKJ, Hyde KD, Jeewon R et al. 2018 – A taxonomic reassessment of Tubeufiales based on multi-locus phylogeny and morphology. Fungal Diversity 92, 131–344.

Pinnoi A, Jeewon R, Sakayaroj J, Hyde KD, Jones EBG. 2007 – Berkleasmium crunisia sp. nov. and its phylogenetic affinities to the Pleosporales based on 18S and 28S rDNA sequence analyses. Mycologia 99, 378–384.

Tanney J, Miller AN. 2017 – Asexual-sexual morph connection in the type species of Berkleasmium. IMA Fungus 8, 99–105.

Wang HK, Aptroot A, Crous PW, Hyde KD, Jeewon R. 2007 – The polyphyletic nature of Pleosporales: an example from Massariosphaeria based on rDNA and RBP2 gene phylogenies. Mycological Research 111, 1268–1276.

 

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 25 March 2026

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