Fungalpedia – Note 2078, Lizoniaceae

 

Lizoniaceae Boonmee & K.D. Hyde

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

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

Parasitic, foliicolous on perichaetial leaves of living mosses. Superficial mycelium absents. Sexual morph: Ascomata superficial, solitary or grouped, globose to subglobose, lack, with obscure ostiole. Peridium 3–4 layers of brown cells of textura angularis. Hamathecium comprising numerous, cylindrical, unbranched, septate, cellular pseudoparaphyses. Asci 8-spored, bitunicate, cylindric-clavate, sessile or with short pedicel, rounded at apex. Ascospores 1–2-seriate, ellipsoidal to fusiform, brown, 1-septate, upper cell broader than lower cell. Asexual morph: Undetermined.

Notes: Phylogenetic placement of Lizonia within Pleosporales and sister to Didymellaceae was presented in Stenroos et al. (2010). However, they did not include enough sequence data of Didymellaceae in their analysis. Our analyses, with more representative species of Didymellaceae, indicate that LSU sequence data of Lizonia sexangularis (strains M179 and M222) belong to Didymellaceae (data not shown). While, rpb-2 could not be aligned well with other species and ITS from both strains are too short (163 bp), thus we did not include ITS and rpb-2 in our analyses. Sequence data of the type species of Lizonia is needed to clarify the true phylogenetic placement of Lizonia. Lizoniaceae shares common characters with genera in Pleosporales, however, it can be recognized as a distinct family based on its bryophilous characteristics. Therefore, we retain this family in Pleosporales based mainly on morphology (Stenroos et al. 2010, Döbbeler & Hertel 2013, Boonmee et al. 2017).

Type genus: Lizonia (Ces. & De Not.) De Not.

 

References

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.

Döbbeler P, Hertel H. 2013 – Bryophilous ascomycetes everywhere: Distribution maps of selected species on liverworts, mosses and Polytrichaceae. Herzogia 26, 361–404.

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.

 

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 25 March 2026

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