Pseudodactylaria

Fungalpedia – Note 783, Pseudodactylaria

 

Pseudodactylaria. Crous.

Citation when using this data: Karimi O et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Pseudodactylariaceae, Pseudodactylariales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Crous et al. (2017) established the genus Pseudodactylaria to accommodate Ps. xanthorrhoeae, the type species, and Ps. hyalotunicata. The type species was found on Xanthorrhoea sp. (Asphodelaceae) in Nullica State Forest, New South Wales, Australia (Crous et al. 2017). Currently, there are 10 accepted species of Pseudodactylaria listed in Species Fungorum (2024). Pseudodactylaria species have been reported on submerged decaying wood and twigs in freshwater habitats from China and Thailand (Tsui et al. 1997, Crous et al. 2017, Lin et al. 2018, Hyde et al. 2020, Lu et al. 2020, Bao et al. 2021, Boonmee et al. 2021), as well as in terrestrial habitats on Xanthorrhoea sp. (Asphodelaceae) from Australia (Crous et al. 2017). To date, no species of Pseudodactylaria have been reported from peat swamp forests. In this study, we found Ps. longidenticulata on submerged rachides of Eleiodoxa conferta from the peat swamp forest in Narathiwat, Thailand.

Type species: Pseudodactylaria xanthorrhoeae Crous, in Crous et al., Persoonia 39: 421 (2017)

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Pseudodactylaria.

 

Figure 1 – Pseudodactylaria longidenticulata (MFLU 24-0515, new host and habitat record). a, b Colonies on the host substrate. c, d Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. e, f Conidia. g A germinated conidium. h Colonies on the PDA. Scale bars: a, b = 100 μm, c = 50 μm, d = 30 μm, e = 15 μm, f, g = 15 μm.

 

References

Bao DF, Luo ZL, Su XJ, Su HY. 2021 – Hongkongmyces brunneisporus sp. nov. (Lindgomycetaceae) from freshwater habitats in Yunnan Province and Tibet, Southwest China. Mycosystema 40, 1274–1285. 

Boonmee S, Wanasinghe DN, Calabon MS, Huanraluek N, et al. 2021 – Fungal diversity notes 1387–1511: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 111, 1–335. 

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Burgess TI, Carnegie AJ et al. 2017 – Fungal Planet description sheets: 625–715. Persoonia 39, 270–467.

Hyde KD, Dong Y, Phookamsak R, Jeewon R et al. 2020 – Fungal diversity notes 1151—1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 100, 5–277.

Lin CG, McKenzie EHC, Bhat DJ, Liu JK, et al. 2018 – Pseudodactylaria brevis sp. nov. from Thailand confirms the status of Pseudodactylariaceae. Phytotaxa 369, 241–250. 

Lu Y, Kang J. 2020 – Research progress on helicosporous hyphomycetes. Journal of Fungal Research 18, 304–314.

Tsui CKM, Goh TK, Hyde KD. 1997 – A new species of Dactylaria from Hong Kong. Sydowia 49, 182–186.

 

Entry by

Omid Karimi, State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand

 

Published online 28 July 2025

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