Fungalpedia – Note 2332, Massarioramusculicola
Massarioramusculicola. Huanr., Thambug. & K.D. Hyde.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Massariaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes – Massaria differs from Massarioramusculicola in having larger ascomata typically firmly embedded in pseudostromatic tissue intermixed with substrate cells, often surrounded by blackened marginal zones and covered by a dark clypeus and brown to dark brown, larger, 3-disto- or euseptate ascospores. The type was originally collected on dead twigs of an unknown host in Thailand. The genus was reported as saprobic, in terrestrial environments (see morphology Huanraluek et al. 2018).
Type species: Massarioramusculicola chiangraiensis Huanral., Thambug. & Hyde, Phytotaxa, 371(1): 20 (2018).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Massarioramusculicola.
Figure 1 – Massarioramusculicola chiangraiensis (MFLU 180632, holotype). a Appearance of ascomata on host surface. b Ascoma on host surface. c Vertical section through ascoma. d Peridium. e Paraphyses. f–i Asci. j–p Ascospores. q Germinating ascospore. Scale bars: c = 50 μm, d, q = 10 μm, e = 20 μm, f–i = 20 μm, j–p = 5 μm.
References
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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