Fungalpedia – Note 2217, Parapenidiella

 

Parapenidiella Crous & Summerell

Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Teratosphaeriaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Crous et al. (2012b) introduced this penidiellla-like hyphomycetous genus. Phylogenetically, Parapenidiella resides in Teratosphaeriaceae but is distinct from Penidiella sensu stricto (Quaedvlieg et al. 2014). See description and illustration in Crous et al. (1998), Crous et al. (2012b), and Quaedvlieg et al. (2014).

Type species: Parapenidiella tasmaniensis (Crous & M.J. Wingf.) Crous, Persoonia 29: 185 (2012).

≡ Mycovellosiella tasmaniensis Crous & M.J. Wingf., in Crous et al., Mycol. Res. 102(5): 527 (1998).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Parapenidiella.

 

References

Crous PW. 1998 – Mycosphaerella spp. and their anamorphs associated with leaf spot diseases of Eucalyptus. Mycol Memories 21, 1–170.

Quaedvlieg W, Binder M, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA et al. 2014 – Introducing the consolidated species concept to resolve species in the Teratosphaeriaceae. Persoonia 33, 1–40.

 

Entry by

Sinang Hongsanan, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand 

 

Published online 3 April 2026

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