Fungalpedia – Note 999, Nectriaceae

 

Nectriaceae Tul. & C. Tul.

Citation when using this data: de Silva NI et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Hypocreales, Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

The family was established by Tulasne & Tulasne (1865) and typified by Nectria. Members of this family are nectria-related fungi possessing brightly pigmented ascomata with fusiform to allantoid ascospores and globose to fusiform phialidic conidia (Rossman 2000, Lombard et al. 2015, Yang et al. 2019b). These fungi can be endophytic, foliicolous or saprobic on the bark of recently dead woody substrates. Some are entomogenous in terrestrial and aquatic habitats and a few species are human pathogens (Rossman et al. 1999, Lombard et al. 2015). They have worldwide distribution and have higher diversity in warm temperate and tropical regions (Rossman et al. 1999, Rossman 2000, Yang et al. 2019b). In a recent treatment of Sordariomycetes Hyde et al. (2020c) accepted 69 genera in Nectriaceae.

Type genus: Nectria (Fr.) Fr., Summa veg. Scand., Sectio Post. (Stockholm): 387 (1849).

 

References

Hyde KD, Norphanphoun C, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. 2020c – Refined families of Sordariomycetes. Mycosphere 11, 305–1059.

Lombard L, van der Merwe NA, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW. 2015 – Generic concepts in Nectriaceae. Studies in Mycology 80, 189–245.

Rossman, AY. 2000 – Towards monophyletic genera in the holomorphic Hypocreales. Studies in Mycology 45, 27–34.

Rossman AY, Samuels GJ, Rogerson CT, Lowen R. 1999 – Genera of Bionectriaceae, Hypocreaceae and Nectriaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycetes). Studies in Mycology 42, 1–248.

Tulasne LR, Tulasne C. 1865 – Selecta Fungorum Carpologia: Nectriei-Phacidiei-Pezizei, 3.

Yang Q, Chen WY, Jiang N, Tian CM. 2019b – Nectria-related fungi causing dieback and canker diseases in China, with Neothyronectria citri sp. nov. described. MycoKeys 56, 49–66.

 

Entry by

Nimali Indeewari de Silva, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Research Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.

 

Published online 18 November 2022

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