Fungalpedia – Note 2289, Pseudomassariosphaeria
Pseudomassariosphaeria Phukhams., Ariyaw., Camporesi & K.D. Hyde
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Amniculicolaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Ariyawansa et al. (2015a) introduced Pseudomassariosphaeria to accommodate P. bromicola and P. grandispora (= Massariosphaeria grandispora). This genus is characterized by globose to erumpent or rarely superficial ascomata with a papillate ostiole covered by periphyses, cellular pseudoparaphyses, cylindrical to clavate, short pedicellate asci with an ocular chamber, fusiform to lunate, granulate ascospores with a wide mucilaginous sheath. Pseudomassariosphaeria bromicola was introduced from a dead terrestrial stem of Bromus sterilis and Pseudomassariosphaeria grandispora (Zhang et al. 2009c) is based on sequence data from a specimen collected from driftwood of Alnus glutinosa from the banks of Garonne River in France. Extensive sampling of these species should be carried out in different regions and hosts to better understand their natural classification.
Type species: Pseudomassariosphaeria bromicola Phukhams., Ariyaw., Camporesi & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Divers. 75: 40 (2015).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Pseudomassariosphaeria.
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 10 April 2026