Fungalpedia – Note 948, Lentitheciaceae

 

Lentitheciaceae. Y. Zhang ter et al..

Citation when using this data: Brahmanage RS et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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

Lentitheciaceae was introduced by Zhang et al. (2009) with Lentithecium fluviatile (Aptroot & Van Ryck.) K.D. Hyde, J. Fourn. & Ying Zhang as the type species. Wanasinghe et al. (2014) listed six genera under this family and 14 genera are accepted in Wijayawardene et al. (2020). 

Type genus: Lentithecium K.D. Hyde, J. Fourn. & Ying Zhang, Fungal Diversity 38: 234 (2009).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Lentitheciaceae.

 

References

Zhang Y, Schoch CL, Fournier J, Crous PW et al. 2009 – Multi-locus phylogeny of the Pleosporales: a taxonomic, ecological and evolutionary reevaluation. Studies in Mycology 64, 85–102.

Wanasinghe DN, Jones EBG, Camporesi E, Boonmee S et al. 2014 – An exciting novel member of Lentitheciaceae in Italy from Clematis vitalba. Cryptogamie, Mycologie 35, 323–337.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Al-Ani LKT, Tedersoo L et al. 2020 – Outline of Fungi and fungi-like taxa. Mycosphere 11, 1060–1456.

 

Entry by

Rashika S. Brahmanage, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand, Institute of Plant and Environment Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, People’s Republic of China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand

 

Published online 29 September 2020

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