Fungalpedia – Note 2024, Mytilinidiales

 

Mytilinidiales. E. Boehm, C.L. Schoch & Spatafora.

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

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Classification: Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Mytilinidiaceae represents a monophyletic group, defining Mytilinidiales (Boehm et al. 2009a). The conchate nature of the fruiting body and the thin-walled peridium are unique characters of this family. Monophyletic sequence data and spore morphology indicate a complex pattern of speciation within the family (Boehm et al. 2009a). Asexual morphs in the family are primarily coelomycetous and less frequently hyphomycetous (Lohman 1932, 1933a, b, Blackwell & Gilbertson 1985, Speer 1986). The hyphomycetous genus Taeniolella was previously placed in Mytilinidiaceae (Hyde et al. 2013, Wijayawardene et al. 2018), although Ertz et al. (2016) classified it under family Kirschsteiniotheliaceae based on DNA sequence data. Phylogenetic placements of genera in Mytilinidiales are shown in Fig. 40 The divergence time for Mytilinidiales is estimated as 219 MYA (stem age)

 

Type family: Mytilinidiaceae.

 

References

Blackwell M, Gilbertson RL. 1985 – Quasiconcha reticulata and its anamorph from conifer roots. Mycologia 77, 50–54.

Boehm EWA, Mugambi G, Miller AN, Huhndorf S et al. 2009a – A molecular phylogenetic reappraisal of the Hysteriaceae, Mytilinidiaceae and Gloniaceae (Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes) with keys to world species. Studies in Mycology 64, 49–83.

Ertz D, Heuchert B, Braun U, Freebury CE et al. 2016 – Contribution to the phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Taeniolella, with a focus on lichenicolous taxa. Fungal Biology 120, 1416–1447.

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu J-K, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

Lohman ML. 1932 – Three new species of Mytilidion in the proposed subgenus Lophiopsis. Mycologia 24, 477–484.

Lohman ML. 1933a – Hysteriaceae: Life histories of certain species. Annual report of the Michigan Academy of Science 17, 229–288.

Lohman ML. 1933b – Septonema toruloideum: A stage of Mytilidion scolecosporum. Mycologia 25, 34–43.

Speer EO. 1986 – A propos de champignons du Brésil III. Mytilidion resinae sp. nov. (Hysteriales) et sa forme conidienne, Camaroglobulus resinae gen. et spec. nov. (Sphaeropsidales). Bulletin trimestriel de la Société mycologique de France 102, 97–100.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Lumbsch HT, Liu JK et al. 2018 – Outline of Ascomycota: 2017. Fungal Diversity 88, 167–263.

 

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

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