Fungalpedia – Note 2181, Mycopepon

 

Mycopepon. Boise.

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

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank

Classification: Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Notes – Recent phylogenetic study showed that Mycopepon fell into Astrosphaeriellaceae with two new species reported (Liu et al. 2018b). Mycopepon also clustered in Astrosphaeriellaceae clade. From morphology, Mycopepon is within Astrosphaeriellaceae owing to superficial carbonaceous ascostromata, trabeculate pseudoparaphyses and fusoid ascospores with septa (Liu et al. 2018b). Mycopepon is distinguished from other genera of Astrosphaeriellaceae in 2–8 pseudothecial ascostroma.

 

Type species: Mycopepon guianensis Boise, Syst. Ascom. 6(1): 168 (1987).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Mycopepon.

 

References

Liu LL, Long QD, Kang JC, Zhang X et al. 2018b – Morphology and phylogeny of Mycopepon. Mycosphere 9, 779–789.

 

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 8 April 2026

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