Fungalpedia – Note 2622, Lichenotubeufia
Lichenotubeufia Etayo.
Citation when using this data: Meng QF et al. – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Tubeufiaceae, Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes orders incertae sedis, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi.
Lichenotubeufia was introduced by Etayo (2017) to accommodate the type species L. eriodermae, transferred from Tubeufia eriodermatis Etayo, along with four other species, including two new species and two combinations transferred from Tubeufia. This genus is characterized by light-colored, sessile ascomata; interascal filaments or branched-anastomosing filiform pseudoparaphyses, fissitunicate, cylindrical asci with an apical widening and a small ocular chamber; and long, fusiform to acicular, hyaline, multi-septate spores (Etayo 2002a, 2002b, 2017). Subsequently, Flakus et al. (2019b) described Lichenotubeufia cryptica Etayo & Flakus, which grows on Lobariella pallida, while Zhurbenko (2022d) introduced two new species: L. etayoi, found on Trachyderma, and L. tibellii, found on Coccocarpia. The most recent addition is L. calabrica Brackel, introduced by von Brackel et al. (2023a), found on Parmelina.
To date, Lichenotubeufia includes nine recognized species, none of which have available molecular data.
Type species: Lichenotubeufia eriodermatis (Etayo) Etayo.
= Tubeufia eriodermae Etayo
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Lichenotubeufia.
Figure 1 – Lichenotubeufia eriodermatis redrawn from Tubeufia eriodermae (Etayo 2002b). a Lichenotubeufa eriodermae on Erioderma. b Cross-section of the ascoma with long and abundant setae. c Detail of the ascomal wall in cross-section. d Ascospores. e Seta of the ascomal wall. Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b = 50 μm, c–e = 10 μm.
References
Etayo J 2017 – Hongos liquenícolas de Ecuador. Opera Lilloana, 50, 1–535.
Etayo J. 2002a – Catálogo de líquenes y hongos liquenícolas del Parque Natural de Bértiz (Navarra, España). Bulletin de la Société linnéenne de Provence 53, 155–170.
von Brackel W, Puntillo D. 2023a – Additions to the flora of lichenicolous fungi of Southern Italy. Borziana 4, 5–31.
Entry by
Meng QF, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand and School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou 563000, China.
Published online 23 June 2026