Fungalpedia – Note 2791, Roselliniopsis

 

Roselliniopsis. Matzer & Hafellner.

Citation when using this data: Huang SK et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1

Classification: Incertae sedis, Sordariales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Saprobic on wood or lichens. Sexual morph: Ascomata perithecial, solitary, superficial to semi-immersed, membranaceous, pyriform to subglobose, black, verrucose, ostiolate, with papilla. Peridium composed of pale brown to hyaline cells of textura angularis to textura prismatica. Paraphyses evanescent. Asci 8-spored, unitunicate, cylindrical to ellipsoidal, pedicellate, apex rounded. Ascospores uni-seriate, ellipsoidal to fusiform, aseptate, pale brown to dark brown, smooth-walled, with guttules. Asexual morph: Undetermined (adapted from Matzer and Hafellner 1990; Matzer 1993; Alstrup et al. 1994; Kondratyuk et al. 2013).

Notes: Roselliniopsis was established as a lichenicolous genus in Sordariales and is typified by R. groedensis (Matzer and Hafellner 1990; Maharachchikumbura et al. 2016; Hyde et al. 2020; Wijayawardene et al. 2020). It is placed in Sordariales genera incertae sedis and characterized by superficial ascomata with brown setae and pale brown ascospores (Matzer and Hafellner 1990), but no molecular data is available.

Type species: Roselliniopsis groedensis (Zopf) Matzer & Hafellner, Biblthca Lichenol. 37: 99 (1990).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Roselliniopsis.

 

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Figure 1 – Roselliniopsis groedensis: (S-F47825). a Herbarium material label. b Herbarium material. c Ascomata on host. d Ascoma in cross section. e Peridium. f Part of the ostiole with periphyses. g Seta. h–j Asci. k–n Ascospores. Scale bars: d = 100 µm, e–j = 50 µm, k–n = 10 µm.

 

References

Alstrup V, Christensen SN, Hansen ES et al 1994 – The Lichens of the Faroes. Fródskaparrit 40:61–121.

Hyde KD, Norphanphoun C, Maharachchikumbura SSN et al 2020 – Refined families of Sordariomycetes. Mycosphere 11(1):305–1059.

Kondratyuk S, Lőkös L, Tchabanenko S et al 2013 – New and noteworthy lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. Acta Biol Hung 55(3–4):275–349.

Maharachchikumbura SS, Hyde KD, Jones EG et al 2016 – Families of sordariomycetes. Fungal Divers 79:1–317.

Matzer M 1993 – Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Ascomycetengattungen Globosphaeria, Roselliniopsis und Synaptospora. Cryptogam, Mycol 14(1):11–19.

Matzer M, Hafellner J 1990 – Eine Revision der lichenicolen Arten der Sammelgattung Rosellinia (Ascomycetes). Bibliotheca Lichenologica 37:1–138.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Al-Ani LKT et al 2020 – Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. Mycosphere 11(1):1060–1456.

 

Entry by

Shi-Ke Huang, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China, The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio-Pharmaceutical Resources, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou Province, China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, The Mushroom Research Centre, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China

 

Published online 18 June 2026

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