Fungalpedia – Note 2038, Neodevriesiaceae

 

Neodevriesiaceae. Quaedvl. & Crous.

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

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Classification: Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Foliicolous, saprobic or pathogenic on plants. Sexual morph: Ascomata pseudothecial, black, immersed, substomatal on leaves. Peridium of 2–3 layers, composed of medium brown cells of textura angularis. Asci 8-spored, aparaphysate, bitunicate, subsessile, obovoid to broadly ellipsoid, straight to slightly curved. Ascospores overlapping 3- to multi-seriate, fusoid-ellipsoidal with obtuse ends, hyaline, medianly 1-septate, aguttulate, thick-walled, straight. Germinating ascospores on MEA become brown and verruculose. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Hyphae variable, filamentous. Conidiophores pigmented, proliferating sympodially. Conidia solitary or in short mostly unbranched chains, subcylindrical to narrowly fusoid-ellipsoidal or obclavate, rarely septate, solitary conidia composed of a central stalk and two lateral arms with 1–2 transverse septa, brown.

Notes – Neodevriesiaceae was introduced by Quaedvlieg et al. (2014). The phylogenetic placement of Devriesia was initially ambiguous (Wang et al. 2016). Based on ITS phylogeny, Seifert et al. (2004) revealed the marginal placement of Devriesia in Mycosphaerellaceae. LSU based phylogeny by Crous et al. (2007a) supported the separation of Teratosphaeriaceae from Mycosphaerellaceae and Devriesia was included under Teratosphaeriaceae. Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis revealed the polyphyly of Devriesia and divided the genus into four distinct clades Devriesia sensu stricto, and Devriesia sensu lato 1, 2, and 3 (Crous et al. 2009c, Frank et al. 2010). Quaedvlieg et al. (2014) described Devriesia sensu lato 3 as Neodevriesia (Neodevriesiaceae).

 

Type genus: Neodevriesia Quaedvl. & Crous.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Neodevriesiaceae.

 

References

Crous PW, Braun U, Groenewald JZ. 2007a – Mycosphaerella is polyphyletic. Studies in Mycology 58, 1–32.

Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD, Wood AR et al. 2009c – Phylogenetic lineages in the Capnodiales. Studies in Mycology 64, 17–47.

Frank J, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Oertel B et al. 2010 – Microcyclospora and Microcyclosporella: novel genera accommodating epiphytic fungi causing sooty blotch on apple. Persoonia 24, 93–105.

Quaedvlieg W, Binder M, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA et al. 2014 – Introducing the consolidated species concept to resolve species in the Teratosphaeriaceae. Persoonia 33, 1–40.

Seifert KA, Nickerson NL, Corlett M, Jackson ED et al. 2004 – Devriesia, a new hyphomycete genus to accommodate heat-resistant, cladosporium-like fungi. Canadian Journal of Botany 82, 914–926.

Wang MM, Li CL, Sun KM, Pan HQ, Li W. 2016 – Three new records of endophytic fungi isolated from marine algae in China. Mycosystema 35, 636–640.

 

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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