Fungalpedia – Note 2141, Liua

 

Liua. Phookamsak & K.D. Hyde.

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

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

 

Notes – Phookamsak et al. (2019) established Liua to accommodate a novel species Liua muriformis already introduced above in Thyridariaceae based on morphological features and phylogenetic analyses. It is characterized by uni-loculate, globose to subglobose, dark brown to black conidiomata, holoblastic, phialidic, ampulliform to cylindrical, aseptate, occasionally 1–2-septate, hyaline conidiogenous cells and phragmosporous to muriform, oblong to ellipsoidal or obovoid, dark brown conidia. The Type species L. muriformis is phylogenetically related to Cycasicola goaensis and C. leucaenae. However, L. muriformis has dark brown, muriform or phragmosporous conidia, C. goaensis and C. leucaenae have pale yellowish, aseptate conidia (Wanasinghe et al. 2018c, Jayasiri et al. 2019).

 

Type species: Liua muriformis Phookamsak & K.D. Hyde, in Phookamsak et al., Fungal Divers. 95: 1–273 (2019).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Liua.

 

References

Jayasiri SC, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2019 – Diversity, morphology and molecular phylogeny of Dothideomycetes on decaying wild seed pods and fruits. Mycosphere 10, 1–186.

Phookamsak R, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Bhat DJ et al. 2019 – Fungal diversity notes 929–1035: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungi. Fungal Diversity 95, 1–273.

Wanasinghe DN, Phukhamsakda C, Hyde KD, Jeewon R et al. 2018c – Fungal diversity notes 709–839: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa with an emphasis on fungi on Rosaceae. Fungal Diversity 89, 1–236.

 

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 23 March 2026 

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