Fungalpedia – Note 1939, Pleurothecium

 

Pleurothecium Höhn.

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

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1

Classification: Pleurotheciaceae, Pleurotheciales, Hypocreomycetidae, Parasympodiellales, Parasympodiellaceae, Parasympodiella

Pleurothecium was introduced by Höhnel (1919) to accommodate P. recurvatum (Morgan) Höhn (Goos 1969). Fernández et al. (1999) introduced a sexual genus Carpoligna and linked it to Pleurothecium. Réblová et al. (2016b) proposed using Pleurothecium rather than Carpoligna, because of its priority and greater number of species. Pleurothecium floriforme is illustrated in this entry.

Type species: Pleurothecium recurvatum (Morgan) Höhn

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Pleurothecium.

 

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Figure 1 – Pleurothecium floriforme (Material examined – THAILAND, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, on decaying wood submerged in a freshwater stream, 25 December 2014, Jaap van Strien, Site 5-2-1, MFLU 15-1163, holotype, GZAAS 17-0013, isotype), ex-type living cultures MFLUCC 15-0628, GZCC 15-0063). a Colonies on natural substrate. b Conidiogenous cells. c, d Conidiogenous cells with conidia. e, f Conidiophores with conidia. g-j Conidia. Scale bars: a = 500 μm, b-d = 20 μm, e, f = 100 μm, g-j = 15 μm.

 

References

Fernández FA, Lutzoni FM, Huhndorf SM. 1999 – Teleomorph-anamorph connections: the new pyrenomycetous genus Carpoligna and its Pleurothecium anamorph. Mycologia 91, 251–262.

Goos RD. 1969 – The Genus Pleurothecium. Mycologia 61, 1048–1053.

Höhnel F von. 1919 – Fragmente zur Mykologie. (XXIII Mitteilung, Nr. 1154 bis 1188). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Math.-naturw. Klasse Abt. I 128, 535–625.

Réblová M, Miller AN, Rossman AY, Seifert KA et al. 2016b − Recommendations for competing sexual-asexually typified generic names in Sordariomycetes (except Diaporthales, Hypocreales, and Magnaporthales). IMA fungus 7, 131−153.

 

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 5 March 2026

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