Fungalpedia – Note 778, Nawawia

 

Nawawia. Marvanová.

Citation when using this data: Karimi O et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Halosphaeriaceae, Microascales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Marvanová (1980) established Nawawia (Naw.), as a new genus, designating Naw. filiformis(originally described as Clavatospora filiformis) as the type species. Currently, five accepted species (Naw. antennata, Naw. filiformis, Naw. oviformis, Naw. quadrisetulata, and Naw. sasae-kurilensis) are listed in Species Fungorum (2024). Members of Nawawia have been reported from aquatic habitats, such as submerged wood or leaves, as well as terrestrial habitats (Nawawi 1973, Kuthubutheen et al. 1992, Hyde et al. 1996, Mel’nik & Hyde 2006, Goh et al. 2014, Peng et al. 2016). To date, one species of this genus (Naw. fusiformis) has been reported from peat swamp forests (Pinnoi et al. 2006, Pinuruan et al. 2007). In this study, we introduce Naw. narathiwatensis as a novel species, discovered on submerged rachises of Eleiodoxa conferta in the peat swamp forest of Narathiwat, Thailand.

Type species: Nawawia filiformis (Nawawi) Marvanová, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 75(2): 227 (1980)

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Nawawia.

 

References

Goh TK, Lau WY, Teo KC. 2014 – A new species of Nawawia from Malaysia, with a synopsis of the genus. Mycotaxon 129, 109–118.

Hyde KD. 1996 – Fungi from palms. XXVIII. Two new species of Pemphidium from Australia and Indonesia. Sydowia, 48, 122–130.

Kuthubutheen AJ, Liew GM, Nawawi A. 1992 – Nawawia nitida sp. nov. (Hyphomycetes) and further records of Nawawia filiformis from Malaysia. Canadian Journal of Botany 70, 96–100.

Mel’nik VA, Hyde KD. 2006 – Nawawia sasae-kurilenses sp. nov. from the Russian Far East.Mikologiya i Fitopatologiya 40, 411–414.

Nawawi A. 1973 – Clavatospora filiformis sp. nov., an aquatic hyphomycete from Malaysia. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 61, 390–392.

Peng J, Chang D, Huang Y, Yu ZF. 2016 – Nawawia oviformis sp. nov. from China. Mycotaxon 131, 735–738.

Pinnoi A, Lumyong S, Hyde KD, Jones EBG et al. 2006 – Biodiversity of fungi on the palm Eleiodoxa conferta in Sirindhorn peat swamp forest, Narathiwat, Thailand. Fungal Diversity 22, 205–218.

 

Entry by

Omid Karimi, State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand

 

Published online 28 July 2025

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