Fungalpedia – Note 2620, Macrographa
Macrographa Etayo.
Citation when using this data: Meng QF et al. – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Microthyriaceae, Microthyriales, Dothideomycetes orders incertae sedis, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Macrographa was established by Etayo (2008c) to accommodate the new species Macrographa antarctica Etayo which grows on the thallus of Nephroma antarcticum. This is the only species in the genus and characterized by multilocular and suborbicular stromatic ascomata, clavate asci with 6-8 spores and hyaline ascospores with 1-septum (Etayo et al. 2008c). This genus was placed in Microthyriaceae with only one species and without sequence data available.
Type species: Macrographa antarctica Etayo, On thallus of Nephroma antarcticum (Etayo et al. 2008c).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Macrographa.
Figure 1 – Macrographa antarctica redrawn from Etayo et al. (2008c). a, b stromata on the thallus of Nephroma antarcticum. c, d section of the stromata. e Asci, paraphysoids and periphysoids. f Ascospores. Scale bars: a, b = 1mm, c = 100 μm, d = 50 μm, e, f = 10 μm.
References
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