Rosellinia

Fungalpedia – Note 1967, Rosellinia

 

Rosellinia. De Not.

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1

Classification: Xylariaceae, Xylariales, Xylariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

 

Notes – Rosellinia was introduced to accommodate uniascomatal species (De Notaris 1844). Petrini (2013) published a monograph accepting 142 species and several species were added (Ariyawansa et al. 2015, Su et al. 2016a, Tibpromma et al. 2017b, Fournier et al. 2017, Niranjan & Sarma 2018). We observed a herbarium specimen of Rosellinia bunodes, the species occurred on dead wood and was described from Sri Lanka. It has long ascospores with thread-like ends and short germ slits. Rosellinia bunodes causes black root rot of fruit trees and vines, mainly in the tropics (Ten Hoopen & Krauss 2006, Castro et al. 2013, dos Santos et al. 2017).

 

Type species: Rosellinia aquila (Fr.) Ces. & De Not., G. bot. ital. 1(1): 334 (1844).

 

 

Figure 1 – Rosellinia bunodes (Material examined – SRI LANKA, Peradeniya, on dead wood, November 1867, G.H.K. Thwaites, K(M) 62957, holotype). a, b Stromata (b ostiole in white arrow). c Synnemata. d-g Herbarium details. h Paraphyses. i-m Ascospores (j germ slit in black arrow, m in 10% KOH). Scale bars: a = 1000 μm, b = 500 μm, c = 200 μm, i-m = 20 μm,
h = 5 μm.

 

References

Ariyawansa HA, Hyde KD, Jayasiri SC, Buyck B et al. 2015 – Fungal diversity notes 111–252—taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 75, 27–274.

Castro BL, Carreño AJ, Galeano NF, Roux J et al. 2013 – Identification and genetic diversity of Rosellinia spp. associated with root rot of coffee in Colombia. Australas Plant Pathology 42, 515–523.

De Notaris G. 1844 – Cenni sulla tribù dei Pirenomiceti sferiacei e descrizione di alcuni generi spettanti alla medesima. Giornale Botanico Italiano 1, 322–355.

dos Santos AF, Thomazi H, Duarte HSS, Machado EB et al. 2017 – First report of root rot caused by Rosellinia bunodes on a Poplar species (Populus deltoides) in Brazil. Plant Disease 101, 632–633.

Fournier J, Lechat C, Courtecuisse R, Moreau PA. 2017 – The genus Rosellinia (Xylariaceae) in Guadeloupe and Martinique (French West Indies). Ascomycete.org 9, 171–208.

Niranjan M, Sarma VV. 2018 – Twelve new species of Ascomycetous fungi from Andaman Islands, India. Kavaka 50, 84–97.

Petrini LE. 2013 – Rosellinia—a world monograph. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, Germany, Gebr.

Ten Hoopen GM, Krauss U. 2006 – Biology and control of Rosellinia bunodes, Rosellinia necatrix and Rosellinia pepo: a review. Crop Protection 25, 89–107.

Tibpromma S, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al. 2017b – Fungal diversity notes 491–602: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 83, 1–261.

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China

 

Published online 11 March 2026

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