Fungalpedia – Note 1391, Phylacia

 

Phylacia. Lév.

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

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Classification: Hypoxylaceae, Xylariales, Xylariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Notes – Phylacia is characterized by cleistocarpous pyrenomycetes, lacking an ostiolar canal and opening by regular rupture of the ascomatal apex (Rodrigues & Samuels 1989, Medel et al. 2006). Earlier the genus was accepted in Phylaciaceae (Speer 1980b). Based on morphology (particularly the asexual morph), the strikingly similar metabolite profiles of the cultures to Daldinia (Bitzer et al. 2008) as well as inferred from molecular phylogenetic data, Phylacia was accommodated in Hypoxylaceae by Wendt et al. (2018). The asexual morph and stromatal pigments produced by Phylacia species also have close affinities to Thamnomyces and Rhopalostroma (Stadler et al. 2004, 2010).

Type species: Phylacia globosa Lév., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 3: 61 (1845).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Phylacia.

 

References

Bitzer J, Læssøe T, Fournier J, Kummer V et al. 2008 – Affinities of Phylacia and the daldinoid Xylariaceae, inferred from chemotypes of cultures and ribosomal DNA sequences. Mycological Research 112, 251–270.

Medel R, Rogers JD, Guzmán G. 2006 – Phylacia mexicana sp. nov. and consideration of other species with emphasis on Mexico. Mycotaxon 97, 279–290.

Rodrigues KF, Samuels GJ. 1989 – Studies in the genus Phylacia (Xylariaceae). Memories of the New York Botanical Garden 49, 290–297.

Speer EO. 1980b – Recherches sur la position systématique du genre Phylacia (Phylaciaceae, fam. nov.), et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société Mycologique de France 96, 135–143.

Stadler M, Fournier J, Læssøe T, Decock C et al. 2010 – Ruwenzoria, a new genus of the Xylariaceae from Central Africa. Mycological Progress 9, 169–179.

Stadler M, Ju YM, Rogers JD. 2004 – Chemotaxonomy of Entonaema, Rhopalostroma and other Xylariaceae. Mycological Research 108, 239–256.

Wendt L, Sir EB, Kuhnert E, Heitkämper S et al. 2018 – Resurrection and emendation of the Hypoxylaceae, recognised from a multigene phylogeny of the Xylariales. Mycological Progress 17, 115–154.

 

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

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