Fungalpedia – Note 2247, Pseudoscypha
Pseudoscypha J. Reid & Piroz.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Hysteriaceae, Hysteriales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Eriksson (2006) placed Pseudoscypha in Hysteriaceae based only on morphological data. In the original illustrations, no sterile tissue or excipulum was present, and the bitunicate asci and pseudoparaphyses arise directly from an erumpent orange basal stromatic cushion (Reid & Pirozynski 1966). Fresh material and sequence data are required to confirm the placement of this genus.
Type species: Pseudoscypha abietis J. Reid & Piroz., Can. J. Bot. 44: 351 (1966).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Pseudoscypha.
References
Eriksson OE. 2006 – Outline of Ascomycota. Myconet 12, 1–88.
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 3 April 2026