Fungalpedia – Note 2219, Penidiellomyces
Penidiellomyces Crous
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.
Classification: Teratosphaeriaceae, Mycosphaerellales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Duarte et al. (2017) introduced this hyphomycetous genus which resembles Penidiella to accommodate Penidiella aggregata Crous. The genus comprises two species (Duarte et al. 2017). See description and illustration in Crous & Groenewald (2011) and Duarte et al. (2017).
Type species: Penidiellomyces aggregatus (Crous) Crous & A.P.M. Duarte, Persoonia: 85 (2016).
≡ Penidiella aggregata Crous, in Crous & Groenewald, Persoonia 26: 78 (2011).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Penidiellomyces.
References
Crous PW, Groenewald JZ. 2011 – Why everlastings don’t last. Persoonia 26, 70–84.
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