Fungalpedia – Note 2255, Neoastrosphaeriella

 

Neoastrosphaeriella Jian K. Liu, E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde

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

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Classification: Aigialaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Neoastrosphaeriella was established by Liu et al. (2011) to accommodate N. krabiensis. The holotype specimen was isolated from petiole of the palm Metroxylon sagu in Thailand. Neoastrosphaeriella clustered in a sister group within Aigialaceae based on molecular analyses (Liu et al. 2011, Liu et al. 2017a, Wanasinghe et al. 2018a). Five Neoastrosphaeriella species have been recorded viz. N. alankrithabeejae, N. aquatica, N. krabiensis, N. phoenicis and N. sribooniensis (Niranjan & Sarma 2018, Liu et al. 2011, Wanasinghe et al. 2018a).

Type species: Neoastrosphaeriella krabiensis Jian K. Liu, E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde, in Liu et al., Fungal Divers. 51(1): 148 (2011).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Neoastrosphaeriella.

 

References

Liu JK, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Phillips AJ et al. 2017a – Ranking higher taxa using divergence times: a case study in Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 84, 75–99.

Liu JK, Phookamsak R, Jones EBG, Zhang Y et al. 2011 – Astrosphaeriella is polyphyletic, with species in Fissuroma gen. nov., and Neoastrosphaeriella gen. nov. Fungal Diversity 51, 135–154.

Niranjan M, Sarma VV. 2018 – New Ascomycetous fungi in the family Aigialaceae from Andaman Islands, India. Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology (Journal of Fungal Biology) 8, 351–359.

Wanasinghe DN, Jeewon R, Jones EBG, Boonmee S et al. 2018a – Novel palmicolous taxa within Pleosporales: multigene phylogeny and taxonomic circumscription. Mycological Progress 17, 571–590.

 

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 3 April 2026

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