Fungalpedia – Note 2336, Neoleptosphaeria
Neoleptosphaeria Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Leptosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Neoleptosphaeria was originally reported as Phoma rubefaciens in Leptosphaeriaceae. Later the sexual morph characters were addressed by Wanasinghe et al. (2016a) with scleroplectenchyma cell types of peridium, broad fusiform, transversely septate ascospores as domain characters.
Type species: Neoleptosphaeria rubefaciens (Togliani) Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Divers 74 (2015).
≡ Phoma rubefaciens Togliani, Annali Sper. agr., N.S. 7: 1626 (1953).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Neoleptosphaeria.
References
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 17 April 2026