Fungalpedia – Note 2525, Phyllachorales
Phyllachorales. M.E. Barr.
Citation when using this data: Tennakoon DS et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes: Phyllachorales was established by Barr (1983), and comprises three families, namely Phaeochoraceae, Phyllachoraceae and Telimenaceae (Dayarathne et al. 2017; Mardones et al. 2017; Yang et al. 2019b: Hyde et al. 2020c). Phyllachorales species play vital roles as biotrophs, saprobes and obligate plant parasitic fungi in the class Sordariomycetes (Dayarathne et al. 2017; Mardones et al. 2017).
Type family: Phyllachoraceae Theiss. & P. Syd., Annls mycol. 13(3/4): 168 (1915).
References
Barr ME 1983 – The ascomycete connection. Mycologia 75:1–13.
Dayarathne MC, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Jones EBG, Goonasekara ID, Bulgakov TS, Al-Sadi AM, Hyde KD, Lumyong S, McKenzie EHC 2017 – Neophyllachora gen nov. (Phyllachorales), three new species of Phyllachora from Poaceae and resurrection of Polystigmataceae (Xylariales). Mycosphere 8:1598–1625.
Hyde KD, Norphanphoun C, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Bao DF, Bhat DJ, Boonmee S, Bundhun D, Calabon MS, Chaiwan N, Chen YJ, Chethana KWT, Dai DQ, Dayarathne MC, Devadatha B, Dissanayake AJ, Dissanayake LS, Doilom M, Dong W, Fan XL, Goonasekara ID, Hongsanan S, Huang SK, Jayawardena RS, Jeewon R, Jones EBG, Karunarathna A, Konta S, Kumar V, Lin CG, Liu JK, Liu N, Lu YZ, Luangsa-ard J, Lumyong S, Luo ZL, Marasinghe DS, McKenzie EHC, Niego AGT, Niranjan M, Perera RH, Phukhamsakda C, Rathnayaka AR, Samarakoon MC, Samarakoon SMBC, Sarma VV, Senanayake IC, Shang QJ, Stadler M, Tibpromma S, Wanasinghe DN, Wei DP, Wijayawardene NN, Xiao YP, Xiang MM, Yang J, Zeng XY, Zhang SN 2020c – Refined families of Sordariomycetes. Mycosphere 11:305–1059.
Mardones M, Trampe-Jaschik T, Oster S, Elliott M, Urbina H, Schmitt I, Piepenbring M 2017 – Phylogeny of the order Phyllachorales (Ascomycota, Sordariomycetes): among and within order relationships based on five molecular loci. Persoonia 39:74–90.
Yang CL, Xu XL, Liu YG, Hyde KD, Mckenzie EH 2019b – A new species of Phyllachora (Phyllachoraceae, Phyllachorales) on Phyllostachys heteroclada from Sichuan, China. Phytotaxa 392:186–196.
Entry by
Danushka S. Tennakoon, CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China , School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University, 300 Syuefu Road, Chiayi City 60004, Taiwan
Published online 28 May 2026
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