Fungalpedia – Note 2232, Rivilata
Rivilata Kohlm., Volkm.-Kohlm. & O.E. Erikss.
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Saccardiaceae, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
The genus was considered to be similar to Schizothyrium, but it differs in having subcuticular ascomata, while Schizothyrium has epicuticular ascomata (Kohlmeyer et al. 1998). Doilom et al. (2018) re-examinded the holotype specimen of Rivilata ius and included Rivilata in Phaeothecoidiellaceae and noted that it is similar to Translucidithyrium. Rivilata is characterized by brown, flattened thyriothecia, developing under the cuticle and becoming superficial, a hymenium covered by an epithecium, and ellipsoidal, uniseptate, upper cell, wider than the lower one, and hyaline ascospores, with oil droplets (Doilom et al. 2018).
Type species: Rivilata ius Kohlm., Volkm.-Kohlm. & O.E. Erikss., Can. J. Bot. 76(3): 472 (1998).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Rivilata.
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