Fungalpedia – Note 2466, Paramonodictys

 

Paramonodictys N.G. Liu, K.D. Hyde & J.K. Liu

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

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

Saprobic on decaying wood in freshwater or terrestrial habitats. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies on natural substrate superficial, scattered, black. Mycelium partly immersed, partly superficial. Stroma present, erumpent, erect, subcylindrical or truncated-cone-form, pale brown to olivaceous brown. Conidiophores absent. Conidiogenous cells holoblastic, monoblastic. Conidia dictyosporous, muriform, globose or subglobose, broadly rounded at the apex, olivaceous brown to dark brown, solitary, smooth-walled (Hyde et al. 2020b).

Notes: Paramonodictys was introduced to accommodate a monodictys-like species collected on decaying wood in China (Hyde et al. 2020b). Monodictys S. Hughes is polyphyletic (Mouzouras and Jones 1985; Han et al. 2014; Tanaka et al. 2015) and typified by M. putredinis (Wallr.) S. Hughes. Due to the dearth of sequences of M. putredinis, Monodictys sensu stricto could not be clarified. Based on the presence of stroma, Paramonodictys was established (Hyde et al. 2020b).

Type species: Paramonodictys solitarius N.G. Liu, K.D. Hyde & J.K. Liu.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Paramonodictys.

 

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Figure 1 – Paramonodictys solitarius (MFLU 17-1714, new habitat and geographical record). a Colonies on natural substrate. b Appearance of conidial wall. c–f Conidia. g, h Colony on PDA (left-front, right-reverse). Scale bars: b–f = 20 μm.

 

References

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Mouzouras R, Jones EBG 1985 – Monodictys pelagica, the anamorph of Nereiospora cristata (Halosphaeriaceae). Can J Bot 63:2444–2447.

Tanaka K, Hirayama K, Yonezawa H, Sato G, Toriyabe A, Kudo H, Hashimoto A, Matsumura M, Harada Y, Kurihara Y 2015 – Revision of the Massarineae (Pleosporales, Dothideomycetes). Stud Mycol 82:75–136.

 

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 15 May 2026

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