Fungalpedia – Note 3017, Rodwayella
Rodwayella. Spooner.
Citation when using this data: Wenping Wu & Yongzhao Diao. 2023– Fungalpedia.
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Classification: Hyaloscyphaceae, Helotiales, Leotiomycetidae, Leotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Ecology/substrate/host: Saprobe on plants.
Geographical distribution: Australia (Spooner 1987).
Description and illustration: Spooner (1987).
Notes: The genus Rodwayella was established with R. sessilis as the type species (Spooner 1987). The other known species are R. citrinula, R. haematoidea and R. myricae (Dennis 1986; Spooner 1987). Among of them, the type species R. sessilis was reported to be associated with Chalara aff. aotearoae, but this observation was not from the type material (Baral 2002). The phylogenetic analyses based on the available ITS sequences showed that one specimen of the type species R. sessilis was closely related to Pezizellaceae, while the other species R. citrinula belonged to Hyaloscyphaceae (Clade 9 in Han et al. 2014).
Type species: Rodwayella sessilis (Rodway) Spooner, Biblthca Mycol. 116: 652 (1987)
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Rodwayella.
References
Dennis RWG 1986 – Fungi of the Hebrides 1–383.
Spooner BM 1987 – Helotiales of Australasia: Geoglossaceae, Orbiliaceae, Sclerotiniaceae, Hyaloscyphaceae. Bibl Mycol 116:1–711.
Entry by
Wenping Wu, R&D Center, Novozymes China, No. 14 Xin Xi Lu, Shangdi Zone, Haidian District, Beijing 100085, People’s Republic of China
Published online 7 September 2026