Fungalpedia – Note 2039, Phaeothecaceae
Phaeothecaceae. Darveaux.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Phaeothecales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Mycelium hyaline to brown, smooth-walled, septate, branched hyphae that swell up in terminal or intercalary cells, and develop numerous endoconidia. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells. Conidiogenous cells integrated, brown, expanding as endoconidia, finally rupturing and releasing mature endoconidia. Endoconidia globose to obovoid, brown when seen en mass, pale brown when viewed individually, aseptate to muriformly septate, thin- to thick-walled, smooth. Secondary conidia none (adapted from Crous et al. 2018a).
Notes – The family was established by Crous et al. (2018a) to accommodate a single genus Phaeotheca based on phylogenetic placement of P. fissurella and P. shathenatiana.
Type genus: Phaeotheca Sigler, Tsuneda & J.W. Carmich., Mycotaxon 12(2): 450 (1981)
References
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 23 March 2026