Fungalpedia – Note 2186, Novolignincola
Novolignincola. N. Afshari, Lumyong & K.D. Hyde.
Citation when using this data: Afshari N et al. 2025 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1
Classification: Novolignincolaceae, Acrospermales, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on dead branches of Afzelia xylocarpa. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Coelomycetous. Conidiomata multilocular, pycnidial, embedded in the stromatic tissue, dark brown to black, scattered, solitary or in clusters, immersed or semi-immersed, erumpent, sub-globose, coriaceous. Conidiomata wall composed of dark brown to hyaline towards the inner region, with cells of mostly textura angularis to textura globulosa, upper conidiomatal layer darkened and thickened, inner layers thin-walled. Paraphyses subcylindrical, hyaline, smooth-walled, septate, not branched or sparingly branched. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells sub-cylindrical to doliiform, monophialidic, smooth-walled, hyaline, percurrently proliferate or with periclinal thickening at apex. Conidia fusoid to falcate, curved, 10–15-septate with an apical appendage at maturity, hyaline, finely verruculose, thick-walled, rounded to truncate at base. Based on the description and phylogeny, herein we introduce Novolignincola doitungensis as a novel saprobic species from Afzelia xylocarpa woody litter from Thailand.
Type species: Novolignincola doitungensis N. Afshari, Lumyong & K.D. Hyde
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Novolignincola.
Figure 1 – Novolignincola doitungensis (MFLU 24-0456, holotype). a Conidiomata on Afzelia xylocarpa woody litter. b Longitudinal section of the conidiomata. c Vertical section through conidiomata. d Conidiomatal wall. e–g Conidia attached to conidiogenous cells. h Branched paraphyses. i–p Conidia. q A germinated conidium. r Colony on PDA from the above and reverse. Scale bars: a = 1 mm, b = 200 μm, c = 50 μm, d–q = 20 μm.
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Naghmeh Afshari, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Published online 24 March 2026