Fungalpedia – Note 1067, Patellariaceae

 

Patellariaceae. Corda.

Citation when using this data: Dayarathne MC et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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

Based on the structure of the apothecial fruiting bodies Patellariaceae was introduced by 

Corda (1838) to accommodate three genera, Cryptodiscus, Mellitiosporium and Patellaria (generic type). Kutorga & Hawksworth (1997) accepted 12 genera in Patellariaceae. Based on morphology, Zhang & Hyde (2009) transferred the genus Pseudoparodia to Patellariaceae. Yacharoen et al. (2015) monographed the family accepting 13 genera, while Wijayawardene et al. (2018) listed 21 genera. Patellariaceae species are saprotrophs or weak pathogens on wood, and bark of a range of trees, and shrubs and are characterized by superficial apothecioid ascomata, cupulate or discoid, exciple pseudoparenchymatous or prosenchymatous hypothecium, with 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, clavate to cylindric asci and usually ascospores varying in shape (Yacharoen et al. 2015, Hernández-Restrepo et al. 2016). So far only two marine Patellariaceae species (Banhegyia setispora and Patellaria atrata) have been reported while we introduce the third Patellariaceae species collected from mangroves in southern Thailand.

Type species: Patellaria Fr., Systema Mycologicum (Lundae) 2(1): 158 (1822).

 

References

Corda ACI. 1836 – Mykologische Beobachtungen. in Weitenweber, Beitrage zur gesammten Natur- und Heilwissenschaften (Prague)

Hernández-Restrepo M, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW. 2016 – Taxonomic and phylogenetic re-evaluation of Microdochium, Monographella and Idriella. Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 36, 57–82.

Kutorga E, Hawksworth DL. 1997 – A re-assessment of the genera referred to the family Patellariaceae (Ascomycota). Systema Ascomycetum 15, 1–110.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Lumbsch HT, Liu JK et al. 2018 – Outline of Ascomycota, 2017. Fungal Diversity 88, 167–263.

Yacharoen S, Tian Q, Chomnunti P, Boonmee S et al. 2015 – Patellariaceae revisited. Mycosphere 6, 290–332.

Zhang Y, Hyde KD. 2009 – Transfer of Pseudoparodia pseudopeziza to Patellariaceae Patellariales. Nova Hedwigia 88, 211–215.

 

Entry by

Monika Dayarathne, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai57100, Thailand, World Agro forestry Centre East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China, Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China

 

Published online 13 January 2020

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