Fungalpedia – Note 1932, Phomatosporaceae
Phomatosporaceae. Senan. & K.D. Hyde.
Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Phomatosporales, Incertae sedis, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on submerged wood or decaying twigs in both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Sexual morph: Ascomata perithecial, solitary, seldom gregarious, immersed or gradually becoming erumpent with age, subglobose to globose, light brown to dark brown or black, coriaceous, occasionally developing beneath a small blackened clypeus, ostiolate, with a short papilla or rarely with a rostrate or cylindrical, hyaline neck, central or eccentric. Ostiole periphysate. Peridium composed of small, brown pseudoparenchymatous cells. Paraphyses filamentous, aseptate or septate, tapering. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical or oblong-fusiform, thin-walled, short-pedicellate or sessile, J- ring in the ascal apex. Ascospores overlapping uniseriate to rarely biseriate, hyaline, ellipsoidal to fusiform, aseptate or septate, not constricted at the septum, at times bi-guttulate, with striations or appendages or a sticky mucilaginous sheath (Senanayake et al. 2016). Asexual morph: sporothrix-like (adapted from Rappaz 1992, Fournier & Lechat 2010, Senanayake et al. 2016).
Notes – After von Arx (1951) invalidly established Phomatosporaceae, Senanayake et al. (2016) formally introduced the family to accommodate Phomatospora, Lanspora and Tenuimurus. Three genera, based on LSU, SSU and ITS phylogeny, formed a clade distantly related to other existing orders in the Diaporthomycetidae, for which, the new order Phomatosporales, was established (Senanayake et al. 2016).
Type genus: Phomatospora Sacc.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Phomatosporaceae.
References
Entry by
Kevin David Hyde, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China
Published online 28 February 2020