Fungalpedia – Note 2030, Myriangiales
Myriangiales. Starbäck.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Myriangiales was introduced by Starbäck (1899) for species characterized by crustose ascostromata and muriform ascospores, based on the type species, Myrangium duriaei (Hyde et al. 2013). Kirk et al. (2008) included three families in order Myriangiales, Cookellaceae, Elsinoaceae and Myriangeaceae. Lumbsch & Huhndorf (2010) accepted only Elsinoaceae and Myriangeaceae in Myriangiales based on phylogenetic results. Our phylogenetic analyses from ITS, LSU, rpb-2 and SSU showed that Myriangiales has two major clades, Elsinoaceae and Myriangeaceae. Both families are well-separated. Phylogenetic analyses generated from LSU data (not shown) indicated that Endosporium clusters basal to Myriangiales. However, it does not cluster in Myriangiales when using four loci (ITS, LSU, rpb-2 and SSU sequence data are used. Thus, we retain this genus as incertae sedis. The divergence time for Myriangiales is estimated as 130 MYA (stem age)
Type family: Myriangiaceae Nyl., Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. Cherbourg 2: 9 (1854).
References
Kirk P, Cannon P, Minter D, Stalpers JA. 2008 – Dictionary of the Fungi. 10th edn. CAB International, Wallingford.
Lumbsch HT, Huhndorf SM. 2010 – Outline of Ascomycota 2009. Myconet 14, 1–64.
Starbäck K. 1899 – Ascomyceten der ersten Regnellschen Expedition I. Bihang till Kungliga svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Afd 3 25, 68.
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 23 March 2026