Fungalpedia – Note 2314, Phaeodothis
Phaeodothis. Syd. & P. Syd.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Didymosphaeriaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes – Phaeodothis was placed in Didymosphaeria by von Niessl (1875), and Aptroot (1995) transferred it to Phaeosphaeriaceae. However, Phaeodothis species share similar morphological characteristics with the other genera in Didymosphaeriaceae in having ascomata immersed under a clypeus, a pseudoparenchymatous peridium with small cells, cylindrical asci and brown ascospores (Zhang et al. 2012b, Ariyawansa et al. 2014d), but differs in having a hamathecium consisting of sparse pseudoparaphyses and 1- septate ascospores. Recent studies have also confirmed Phaeodothis in Didymosphaeriaceae (Ariyawansa et al. 2014d). Phaeodothis mori was introduced by Tennakoon et al. (2020).
Type species: Type species – Phaeodothis tricuspidis Syd. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 2(2): 166 (1904).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Phaeodothis.
References
Zhang Y, Crous PW, Schoch CL, Hyde KD. 2012b – Pleosporales. Fungal Diversity 53, 1–221.
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 9 April 2026