Fungalpedia – Note 2751, Neoschizotheciaceae
Neoschizotheciaceae. S.K. Huang & K.D. Hyde.
Citation when using this data: Huang SK et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Sordariales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Coprophilous or saprobic on wood or isolated from soil. Sexual morph: Ascomata perithecial, solitary to scattered or gregarious, immersed to semi-immersed or superficial, obpyriform or ovoid, membranaceous to coriaceous, brown to black, sometimes semi-transparent, ostiolate, with long or short necks, glabrous or surrounded by hairs, periphysate. Peridium comprising yellowish to pale brown or dark brown cells of textura angularis, textura globulosa or textura epidermoidea. Paraphyses absent, or cylindrical, septate. Asci 4 to multi-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical to clavate, pedicellate, evanescent. Ascospores uni- or bi-seriate, ellipsoidal or triangular, usually 0–1-septate, hyaline to dark brown, with germ pore at one or each end, usually with gelatinous appendages at one or each end, rarely surrounded by gelatinous sheath. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Conidia globose to cylindrical, hyaline to pale brown, smooth-walled, ovate masses on the apex of the phialides (adapted from Marin-Felix et al. 2020).
Notes: The Neoschizotheciaceae clade accommodates Apodus, Cercophora, Echria, Immersiella, Jugulospora, Lundqvistomyces, Neoschizothecium, Pseudoechria, Pseudoschizothecium, Rinaldiella and Zygopleurage based on the molecular data of their generic types, and also several Arnium, Apiosordaria, Podospora, Ramophialophora and Zopfiella species (88%ML). These taxa are similar to Bombardiaceae, Podosporaceae and Lasiosphaeriaceae in having ellipsoidal ascospores, sometimes with appendages, but are phylogenetically distinct from these three families. Marin-Felix et al. (2020) introduced this clade as Schizotheciaceae based on Schizothecium. However, Schizothecium is a synonym of Podospora (Podosporaceae) based on the type species S. fimicola, which nests in Podospora in the phylogenetic analysis (Wang et al. 2019; Index Fungorum 2020; this study). We introduce Neoschizotheciaceae as a new family in Sordariales with 72%ML support, based on Neoschizothecium. This family includes 11 genera and is characterized by ostiolate ascomata, cylindrical to clavate asci and ellipsoidal ascospores, sometimes with long or short cylindrical or lash-like gelatinous appendages. Marin-Felix et al. (2020) introduced three genera Lundqvistomyces, Pseudoechria and Pseudoschizothecium which we do not discuss in our study.
Type genus: Neoschizothecium S.K. Huang & K.D. Hyde.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Neoschizotheciaceae.
References
Index Fungorum 2020 – http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp.
Entry by
Shi-Ke Huang, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China, The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou Province, China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, The Mushroom Research Centre, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Published online 18 June 2026