Fungalpedia – Note 2296, Pseudomassarina

 

Pseudomassarina Phukhams. & K.D. Hyde

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

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Classification: PseudomassarinaceaePleosporalesPleosporomycetidaeDothideomycetesPezizomycotinaAscomycota, Fungi

Pseudomassarina, typified with P. clematidis and is introduced by Phukhamsakda et al. (2020). The taxon formed a distinct lineage in Pleosporales with obpyriform, coriaceous, ascomata with carbonaceous, papillate, with 1-transverse septum, deeply constricted at the septum, cell above septum longer and wider than below cell ascospores.

Type species: Pseudomassarina clematidis Phukhams, Camporesi & K.D. Hyde.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Pseudomassarina.

 

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Figure 1 – Pseudomassarina clematidis (MFLU 16–0493, holotype). a Ascoma. b Ostiole canal. c Peridium. d, e Asci. f–h Ascospores. Scale bars: a = 100 µm, b–e = 50 µm, f–h = 10 µm.

 

References

Phukhamsakda C, McKenzie EHC, Phillips AJL, Jones EBG et al. 2020 – Microfungi associated with Clematis (Ranunculaceae) with an integrated approach to delimiting species boundaries. Fungal Diversity 102, 1–203.

 

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 20 April 2026