Fungalpedia – Note 995, Pleurotremataceae

 

Pleurotremataceae Watson

Citation when using this data: de Silva NI et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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

Pleurotremataceae was introduced by Watson (1929). The family is typified by Pleurotrema with Pleurotrema polysemum as the type species and characterized by lacking fissitunicate dehiscence asci in Sordariomycetes (Watson 1929, Barr 1994). Maharachchikumbura et al. (2016) re-examined P. polysemum and identified P. polysemum as similar to the species of Saccardoella and Dyfrolomyces in Dyfrolomycetaceae (Dothideomycetes). Pleurotremataceae is considered as the initial name for Dyfrolomycetaceae (Dothideomycetes) (Maharachchikumbura et al. 2016). Pleurotremataceae comprises three genera namely: Dyfrolomyces, Melomastia and Pleurotrema (Hongsanan et al. 2020b). Species of this family are saprobes on wood in terrestrial and aquatic habitats (Hongsanan et al. 2020b).

Type genus: Dyfrolomyces K.D. Hyde, K.L. Pang, Alias, Suetrong & E.B.G. Jones, in Pang, Hyde, Alias, Suetrong, Guo & Jones, Cryptog. Mycol. 34(3): 227 (2013). 

 

References

Barr ME. 1994 – Note on Amphisphaeriaceae and related families. Mycotaxon 51, 191–224.

Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2020b – Refined families of Dothideomycetes: orders and families incertae sedis in Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 105, 17–318.

Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2016 – Families of Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 79, 1–317.

Watson W. 1929 – The classification of lichens II. New Phytol 28, 85–116.

 

Entry by

Nimali Indeewari de Silva, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Research Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.

 

Published online 18 November 2022

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