Fungalpedia – Note 780, Linocarpaceae

 

Linocarpaceae. Konta & K.D. Hyde.

Citation when using this data: Karimi O et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

Classification: Chaetosphaeriales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Konta et al. (2017) introduced Linocarpaceae within Chaetosphaeriales based on morphology and the combined phylogenetic analyses of ITS and LSU sequences, including two genera (Linocarpon (Li.) and Neolinocarpon). Later, Xu et al. (2020) introduced a third genus, Claviformispora, into this family based on morphology and the combined LSU, SSU, and tef1-α gene phylogeny, emending the family description. Currently, three genera (Claviformispora, Linocarpon, and Neolinocarpon) are accepted in Linocarpaceae (Zhang et al. 2023a, 2024a, Hyde et al. 2024). The sexual morph is characterized by solitary or aggregated ascomata, either superficial or immersed, dome-shaped or subglobose with a central ostiole or immersed papilla. The peridium consists of dark brown to black cells of textura angularis, and the hamathecium includes septate paraphyses that are longer than the asci. Asci are 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical, with a J-apical ring, developing from the base and periphery of the ascomata. Ascospores are parallel or spiral, hyaline or pale yellowish in mass, filiform or claviform, straight or curved, unicellular, with or without refringent bands and polar appendages. For the asexual morph, only phialophora-like species have been reported by Hyde (1992) from the cultures of Li. appendiculatum and Li. elaeidis (Konta et al. 2017, Zhang et al. 2023a).

Type genus: Linocarpon Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 15(3/4): 210 (1917)

 

References

Hyde KD, Noorabadi MT, Thiyagaraja V, He MQ, et al. 2024 – The 2024 Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. Mycosphere 15, 5146–6239. 

Hyde KD. 1992 – Fungi from palms I. The genus Linocarpon, a revision. Sydowia 44, 32–54.

Konta S, Hongsanan S, Eungwanichayapant PD, Liu JK et al. 2017 – Leptosporella (Leptosporellaceae fam. nov.) and Linocarpon and Neolinocarpon (Linocarpaceae fam. nov.) are accommodated in Chaetosphaeriales. Mycosphere 8, 1943–1974. 

Xu XL, Yang CL, Jeewon R, Wanasinghe DN, et al. 2020 – Morpho-molecular diversity of Linocarpaceae (Chaetosphaeriales): Claviformispora gen. nov. from decaying branches of Phyllostachys heteroclada. MycoKeys 70, 1.

Zhang SN, Hyde KD, Jones EG, Yu XD et al. 2024a – Current insights into palm fungi with emphasis on taxonomy and phylogeny. Fungal Diversity 127, 55–301.

Zhang X, Dai D, Du T, Karunarathna SC, et al. 2023a – Morpho-phylogeny characterization of Linocarpon bambusina sp. nov. (Linocarpaceae, Chaetosphaeriales) associated with bamboo in Yunnan Province, China. Phytotaxa 584, 89–103.

 

Entry by

Omid Karimi, State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand

 

Published online 28 July 2025

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