Fungalpedia – Note 2455, Neovaginatispora

 

Neovaginatispora. A. Hashim., K. Hiray. & Kaz. Tanaka.

Citation when using this data: Dong W et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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

 

Saprobic on dead herbaceous twigs and submerged wood. Sexual morph: Ascomata solitary, semi-immersed to erumpent, black, subglobose, coriaceous, ostiolate. Ostiole rounded or slit-like, central, with a pore-like opening. Peridium uneven in width, thinner at the base, two-layered, outer layer fusing with the host cells, inner layer comprising hyaline cells of textura angularis. Pseudoparaphyses numerous, cellular, hypha-like, septate. Asci 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, cylindric-clavate, with a short, bulbous pedicel, with an indistinct ocular chamber. Ascospores uni- to bi-seriate, fusiform with acute ends, septate, constricted at the septum, hyaline, smooth-walled, with globose appendages at both ends (Hashimoto et al. 2018; Bao et al. 2019c). Asexual morph: Undetermined.

Notes: Neovaginatispora was proposed for Vaginatispora fuckelii (Sacc.) Thambug. et al. due to its thinner (up to 25 μm thick) and uniformly thick peridium (Hashimoto et al. 2018). However, the freshwater collection of Neovaginatispora fuckelii found by Bao et al. (2019c) has thicker peridium (up to 40 μm thick) which is thinner at the base. The specimen HHUF 27325 examined by Thambugala et al. (2015) also showed the uneven peridium width. Phylogenetic analyses based on four strains of N. fuckelii guaranteed Neovaginatispora as a distinct genus (Hashimoto et al. 2018; Bao et al. 2019c).

 

Type species: Neovaginatispora fuckelii (Sacc.) A. Hashim., K. Hiray. & Kaz. Tanaka

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Neovaginatispora.

 

References

Bao DF, Su HY, Maharachchikumbur SSN, Liu JK, Nalumpang S, Luo ZL, Hyde KD (2019c) Lignicolous freshwater fungi from China and Thailand: Multi-gene phylogeny reveals new species and new records in Lophiostomataceae. Mycosphere 10:1080–1099

Hashimoto A, Hirayama K, Takahashi H, Matsumura M, Okada G, Chen CY, Huang JW, Kakishima M, Ono T, Tanaka K (2018) Resolving the Lophiostoma bipolare complex: generic delimitations within Lophiostomataceae. Stud Mycol 90:161–189

Thambugala KM, Hyde KD, Tanaka K, Tian Q, Wanasinghe DN, Ariyawansa HA, Jayasiri SC, Boonmee S, Camporesi E, Hashimoto A, Hirayama K, Schumacher RK, Promputtha I, Liu ZY (2015) Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Lophiostomataceae, Floricolaceae, and Amorosiaceae fam. nov. Fungal Divers 74:199–266

 

Entry by

Wei Dong, Faculty of Agriculture and Food, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Innovative Agriculture Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, China

 

Published online 22 May 2026

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