Montagnula

Fungalpedia – Note 2310, Montagnula

 

Montagnula. Berl.

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

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank

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

 

Notes – Montagnula was introduced by Berlese (1896) to accommodate M. infernalis and M. gigantean. Based on the morphology and phylogeny, Ariyawansa (2014d) placed Montagnula in Didymosphaeriaceae. Montagnula species are characterized by globose or sphaerical, immersed ascomata with a clypeus, claviform asci, fusoid or ellipsoid ascospores with transverse septa and one or more longitudinal septa (Barr 1990a, Ariyawansa et al. 2014d). Wanasinghe et al. (2016b) transferred two Munkovalsaria species (M. appendiculata and M. donacina) based on phylogenetic analyses. Montagnula species play a vital role as saprobes growing on dead plants, especially dead wood and bark, sometimes on dead leaves (Ariyawansa et al. 2014d). A well-resolved revision of Montagnula is difficult since it lacks molecular data. Therefore, representative species of these Montagnula species need to be recollected and molecular data obtained for clarifying its phylogenetic affinity.

 

Type species: Montagnula infernalis (Niessl) Berl., Icon. fung. (Abellini) 2(2–3): 68 (1896).

≡ Leptosphaeria infernalis Niessl, Inst. Rev. Cient. Litt., Coimbra 31: 13 (1883).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Montagnula.

 

References

Ariyawansa HA, Tanaka K, Thambugala KM, Phookamsak R et al. 2014d – A molecular phylogenetic reappraisal of the Didymosphaeriaceae (= Montagnulaceae). Fungal Diversity 68, 69–104.

Ariyawansa HA, Tanaka K, Thambugala KM, Phookamsak R et al. 2014d – A molecular phylogenetic reappraisal of the Didymosphaeriaceae (= Montagnulaceae). Fungal Diversity 68, 69–104.

Barr ME. 1990a – Melanommatales (Loculoascomycetes). North American Flora 13(II), 1–129.

Berlese AN. 1896 – Icones fungorum. II. Fasc, 29–6.

Wanasinghe DN, Jones EBG, Camporesi E, Dissanayake AJ et al. 2016b – Taxonomy and phylogeny of Laburnicola gen. nov. and Paramassariosphaeria gen. nov. (Didymosphaeriaceae, Massarineae, Pleosporales). Fungal Biology 120, 1354–1373.

 

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 9 April 2026

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