Fungalpedia – Note 2094, Pleomonodictydaceae

 

Pleomonodictydaceae Hern.-Restr., J. Mena & Gené

Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Saprobic on wood and bark. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Conidiophores micro- to semi-macronematous, sometimes reduced to conidiogenous loci in the hyphae. Conidiogenous cells mono- or polyblastic. Conidia solitary or in short chains, normally variable in shape, dark brown to black, muriform, verrucose to tuberculate.

Notes: Hernández-Restrepo et al. (2017) indicated that Pleomonodictys capensis formed a lineage sister to Pleomonodictys descalsii FMR 12716, while distant to other clades in Pleosporales. Thus, Pleomonodictydaceae was introduced to accommodate Pleomonodictys.

Type genus: Pleomonodictys Hern.-Restr., J. Mena & Gené.

 

References

Hernández-Restrepo M, Gené J, Castañeda-Ruiz RF, Mena-Portales J et al. 2017 – Phylogeny of saprobic microfungi from Southern Europe. Studies in Mycology 86, 53–97.

 

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 25 March 2026

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