Fungalpedia – Note 2325, Lizonia

 

Lizonia. (Ces. & De Not.) De Not.

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

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

 

Notes – De Notaris (Cesati & De Notaris 1863) raised the subgenus Cucurbitaria typified by Cucurbitaria empirigonia to generic level with Lizonia empirigonia as the type species. Lizonia was placed in different families by various authors based on its morphology (Cesati & De Notaris 1863, Hansford 1946, von Arx & Müller 1975, Döbbeler 1978, Barr 1987a, Eriksson & Hawksworth 1993). Phylogenetic analyses in Stenroos et al. (2010) showed that
L. sexangularis clustered with Didymella within Pleosporales with good support. Lizonia shares common characters with several genera in Pleosporales such as parasitic, superficial, globose to subglobose, black ascomata, lacking setae, bitunicate asci, pseudoparaphyses and septate, hyaline to coloured ascospores, but it differs in its bryophilous habit. Boonmee et al. (2017) placed it in the new family Lizoniaceae.

 

Type species: Lizonia empirigonia (Ces. & De Not.) De Not.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Lizonia.

 

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Figure 1 – Lizonia emperigonia (B 70 0014162). a, b Herbarium specimen and habit on leaves. c Appearance of ascomata on leaf surface. d Section of ascoma. e Peridium. f Hamathecium texture. g–j immature to mature Asci. k–n Ascospores. Scale bars: b = 500 μm, c = 200 μm d = 100 μm, e = 40 μm, f = 10 μm, g–j = 50 μm, k–n = 20 μm.

 

References

Barr ME. 1987a – New taxa and combinations in the Loculoascomycetes. Mycotaxon 29, 501–505.

Boonmee S, Phookamsak R, Hongsanan S, Doilom M et al. 2017 – Mycosphere notes 51–101. Revision of genera in Perisporiopsidaceae and Pseudoperisporiaceae and other Ascomycota genera incertae sedis. Mycosphere 8, 1695–1801.

Cesati V, De Notaris G. 1863 – Schema di classificazione degle sferiacei italici aschigeri piu’ o meno appartenenti al genere Sphaeria nell’antico significato attribuitoglide Persono. Commentario della Società Crittogamologica Italiana 1, 177–420.

Döbbeler P. 1978 – Moosbewohnende Ascomyceten I. Die pyrenocarpen, den Gametophyten besiedelnden Arten. Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 14, 1–360.

Eriksson OE, Hawksworth DL. 1993 – Outline of the ascomycetes – 1993. Systema Ascomycetum 12, 51–257.

Hansford CG. 1946 – The foliicolous Ascomycetes, their parasites and associated fungi. Mycological Papers 15 1–240

Stenroos S, Laukka T, Huhtinen S, Döbbeler P et al. 2010 – Multiple origins of symbioses between ascomycetes and bryophytes suggested by a five-gene phylogeny. Cladistics 26, 281–300.

von Arx JA, Müller E. 1975 – A re-evaluation of the bitunicate Ascomycetes with keys to families and genera. Studies in Mycology 9, 1–159.

 

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 17 April 2026

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