Fungalpedia – Note 2257, Rimora
Rimora Kohlm., Volkm.-Kohlm., Suetrong, Sakay. & E.B.G. Jones
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Aigialaceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
The monotypic genus was established by Suetrong et al. (2009). Initially, it was described from bark and wood of mangrove trees from Belize and India as Lophiostoma mangrovei (Kohlmeyer & Vittal 1986). It was subsequently transferred to Astrosphaeriella by Hyde et al. (2002) based on the trabeculate pseudoparaphyses. However, Astrosphaeriella mangrovis differs from other species in Astrosphaeriella by their round flattened ascomata, slit-like ostioles and nonmonocotyledonous hosts suggesting it might be a new genus (Hyde et al. 2002, www/marinefungi.org). Suetrong et al. (2009) synonymized Lophiostoma mangrovei and A. mangrovei under R. mangrovei.
Type species: Rimora mangrovei (Kohlm. & Vittal) Kohlm., Volkm.-Kohlm., Suetrong, Sakay. & E.B.G. Jones, in Suetrong et al., Stud. Mycol. 64: 166 (2009).
≡ Lophiostoma mangrovei Kohlm. & Vittal, Mycologia 78(3): 487 (1986).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Rimora.
References
Hyde KD, Wong WS, Aptroot A. 2002 – Marine and estuarine species of Lophiostoma and Massarina. In: Hyde KD (ed) Fungi in marine environments, Fungal Diversity Research Series 7. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, pp 93–109.
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