Fungalpedia – Note 2345, Pleomonodictys
Pleomonodictys Hern.-Restr., J. Mena & Gené
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Pleomonodictydaceae, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Pleomonodictys was introduced for P. descalsii and P. capensis, previously accommodated in Monodictys. Pleomonodictys differs from Monodictys in having verrucose to tuberculate conidia and/or hyphae. Hernández-Restrepo et al. (2017) provided a multi-gene phylogenetic analysis and placed Pleomonodictys in Pleomonodictydaceae, Pleosporales (Hernández-Restrepo et al. 2017).
Type species: Pleomonodictys descalsii Hern.-Restr., J. Mena & Gené.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Pleomonodictys.
Figure 1 – Pleomonodictys descalsii (redrawn from FMR 12716, ex-type in Hernández-Restrepo et al. 2017). a–b Conidiophores and conidia.
References
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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 17 April 2026