Fungalpedia – Note 2126, Purpureofaciens
Purpureofaciens. W. Dong, H. Zhang & K.D. Hyde.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Anteagloniaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes – The genus was introduced by Dong et al. (2020), with P. aquatica as the type species. Purpureofaciens is characterized by conical semi-immersed to superficial ascomata, staining woody substrate purple, cylindrical asci, ellipsoidal, curved, olivaceous ascospores, with acute ends, and producing white to reddish colonies on culture media (Dong et al. 2020). Phylogenetically, this genus is related to Flammeascoma (Dong et al. 2020). However, it differs from Flammeascoma by the conical ascomata with a large, protuberant, ostiolate papilla, cylindrical asci and ellipsoidal, olivaceous ascospores (Liu et al. 2015, Dong et al. 2020).
Type species: Purpureofaciens aquatica W. Dong, H. Zhang & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Divers (2020).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Purpureofaciens.
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 8 April 2026