Fungalpedia – Note 2099, Pseudomassarinaceae
Pseudomassarinaceae Phukhams. & K.D. Hyde
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.
Classification: Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Saprobic on dried herbaceous plants. Sexual morph: Ascomata immersed, uniloculate, obpyriform to sub-globose, coriaceous. Ostiole central, carbonaceous, papillate. Peridium multilayer. Hamathecium comprising dense, trabeculate pseudoparaphyses. Asci 8-spored, bitunicate, fissitunicate, oblong, apically rounded, furcated pedicellate. Ascospores 2-seriate, overlapping, broad fusiform, acute at both ends, hyaline, with transversely septate. Asexual morph: Undetermined.
Notes: The new family Pseudomassarinaceae was introduced to accommodate a monotypic genus, Pseudomassarina, a fungal collection collected from Clematis vitalba in Italy. Inter familial phylogeny within the Pleosporales showed that Pseudomassarinaceae formed a distinct lineage related to Amorosiaceae, Halotthiaceae, Lophiostomataceae, Neomassarinaceae, Phaeoseptaceae, Sporormiaceae (Phukhamsakda et al. 2020). Currently, one genus, Pseudomassarina, is accepted in Pseudomassarinaceae.
Type genus: Pseudomassarina Phukhams. & K.D. Hyde.
References
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 25 March 2026