Fungalpedia – Note 2527, Neodictyosporium
Neodictyosporium. Tennakoon, C.H. Kuo & K.D. Hyde.
Citation when using this data: Tennakoon DS et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Sordariaceae, Sordariales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Etymology: The generic epithet ‘‘Neodictyosporium’’ refers to the resemblance to Dictyosporium.
Saprobic on dead leaves petiole of Macaranga tanarius. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Conidiomata pycnidial, on the upper surface of the petiole, solitary, scattered, superficial, globose to subglobose, black. Peridium thin at the apex, composed of brown to black thin-walled cells of textura angularis. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic, integrated, smooth, brown, producing a branched conidium at the tip, cup-shaped or doliiform. Conidia two types, Type I: dictyosporous, light brown, regularly consisting of 5–6 rows of cells, each rows comprising 6 cells; Type II: clavate to obovoid, acrogenous, hyaline to sub-hyaline, 3-septate, guttulate, smooth-walled.
Type species: Neodictyosporium macarangae Tennakoon, C.H Kuo & K.D. Hyde.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Neodictyosporium.
Figure 1 – Neodictyosporium macarangae (MFLU 18-0086, holotype): a, b Conidiomata on host. c Vertical section of a conidioma. d Peridium. e, f Conidiogenous cells and developing conidia. g Squash mount of conidia. h–j Conidia (Type I and II). k–m Conidia (Type II). n A germinating conidium. o Colonies from above (on PDA). p Colonies from below (on PDA). Scale bars: c = 50 μm, d = 8 μm, e, f = 10 μm, g = 30 μm, h–n = 10 μm.
Entry by
Danushka S. Tennakoon, CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China , School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University, 300 Syuefu Road, Chiayi City 60004, Taiwan
Published online 28 May 2026