Fungalpedia – Note 1781, Otideaceae 

 

Otideaceae Eckblad

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

Classification: Pezizales, Pezizomycetidae,, Pezizomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi 

Taxa are mainly saprobic on soil or dead plant material. Some form mycorrhizal associations. Ascomata are frequently epigeous apothecia cupulate to ear-shaped, sub-stipitate, leathery, glabrous outer surface,some are cleistothecial (Hansen et al. 2013; Leuchtmann and Cle´menc¸on 2012; Liu and Zhuang 2006). Asci are inamyloid and arising from croziers. Ascospores are mostly ellipsoid and guttulate (Hansen et al. 2013; Leuchtmann and Cle´menc¸on 2012; Liu and Zhuang 2006). Asexual morphs are hyphomycetous and polyblastic (Jaklitsch et al. 2016). Recent studies are by Leuchtmann and Cle´menc¸on (2012), Hansen et al. (2013), Hawksworth (2013), Olariaga et al. (2015) and Ekanayaka et al. (2016a), Hyde et al. (2017a, b).

Type genus: Otidea (Pers.) Bonord., Handb. Allgem. Mykol. (Stuttgart): 205 (1851).

 

References

Ekanayaka AH, Hyde KD, Zhao Q 2016b – The genus Cookeina. Mycosphere 7:1399–1413.

Hansen K, Perry BA, Dranginis AW, Pfister DH 2013 –  A phylogeny of the highly diverse cup-fungus family Pyronemataceae (Pezizomycetes, Ascomycota) clarifies relationships and evolution of selected life history traits. Mol Phyl Evol 67:311–335.

Hawksworth DL 2013 – Ascomycete systematics: problems and perspectives in the nineties. Springer, Berlin.

Hyde KD, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hongsanan S, Samarakoon MC, Lucking R, Pem D, Harishchandra D, Jeewon R, Zhao RL, Xu JC, Liu JK, Al-Sadi AM, Bahkali AH, Elgorban AM 2017b – The ranking of fungi—a tribute to David L. Hawksworth on his 70th birthday. Fungal Divers 84:1–23.

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