Fungalpedia – Note 1903, Mammaria

 

Mammaria Ces.

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

Classification: Lasiosphaeriaceae, Sordariales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Mammaria is an asexual genus which has brown to vinaceous brown mycelium and broadly ellipsoid conidia with a longitudinal germ slit (Rabenhorst 1854). Mammaria echinobotryoides was obtained in culture of Cercophora natalitia (Barr 1990b, del Valle Catania et al. 2011). Pseudocercophora was found in Singapore and introduced as the sexual morph of Mammaria, as they share similar conidial characters (Subramanian & Sekar 1986). However, Mammaria is recommended as the current name, if the nomenclature principle of priority is followed (Réblová et al. 2016b).

Type species: Mammaria echinobotryoides Ces.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Mammaria.

 

References

Barr ME. 1990b – Prodromus to nonlichenized, pyrenomycetous members of class Hymenoascomycetes. Mycotaxon 39, 43–184.

del Valle Catania M, Romero AI, Huhndorf SM, Miller AN. 2011 – A new species and new records of Cercophora from Argentina. Mycologia 103, 1372–1383.

Rabenhorst L. 1854 – Botanische Zeitung 12.

Réblová M, Miller AN, Rossman AY, Seifert KA et al. 2016b − Recommendations for competing sexual-asexually typified generic names in Sordariomycetes (except Diaporthales, Hypocreales, and Magnaporthales). IMA fungus 7, 131−153.

Subramanian CV, Muthumary J. 1986 – Dwiroopa, a new genus of the coelomycetes. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science (Plant Science) 96, 191–197.

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China

 

Published online 5 March 2026

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