Fungalpedia – Note 905, Saccotheciaceae

 

Saccotheciaceae. Bonord.

Citation when using this data Manawasinghe IS et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Dothideales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Species belonging to this family are parasitic or saprobic on twigs, wood and leaves on a wide range of hosts and human skin (Thambugala et al. 2014, Hongsanan et al. 2020b). Seven genera are accepted in this family. For taxonomic treatments we follow Hongsanan et al. (2020b). 

Type genus: Saccothecium Fr., Fl. Scan.: 349 (1836) [1835]

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Saccotheciaceae.

 

References

Hongsanan S, Hyde KD, Phookamsak R, Wanasinghe DN et al. 2020b – Refined families of Dothideomycetes: Dothideomycetidae and Pleosporomycetidae. Mycosphere 11, 1553–2107.

Thambugala KM, Ariyawansa HA, Li YM, Boonmee S et al. 2014 – Dothideales. Fungal Diversity 68, 105–158.

 

Entry by

Ishara Sandeepani Manawasinghe, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, PR of China

Published online 25 April 2022

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