Fungalpedia – Note 773, Savoryella

 

Savoryella. E.B.G. Jones & R.A.

Citation when using this data: Karimi O et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Savoryellaceae, Savoryellales, Savoryellomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Jones & Eaton (1969) introduced Savoryella, with Sa. lignicola as the type species, originally found on Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) test blocks in a water-cooling tower in the UK (Eaton & Jones 1971). Currently, 15 accepted Savoryella species are listed in Index Fungorum (2024). Members of Savoryella have been reported on different hosts and substrates, such as Avicennia marina and Rhizophora mucronata (Pande 2008) from India, Platanus sp. from France (Reblova et al. 2011), Pinus massoniana (Zhuang et al. 2001), Machilus velutina, Bambusa sp. (Lu et al. 2000) from China, Phragmites australis (Eriksson 2014) from Sweden, and submerged decaying wood from Australia (Hyde & Goh 1998). To date, no species of this genus have been reported from peat swamp forests. In this study, we introduce Sa. narathiwatensis as a novel species on Eleiodoxa conferta from the peat swamp forest in Narathiwat, Thailand.

Type species: Savoryella lignicola E.B.G. Jones & R.A. Eaton 1969

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Savoryella.

 

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Figure 1 – Savoryella narathiwatensis (MFLUCC 24-0592, ex-type). a, b Culture characters on the PDA (a = from above, b = from down). c–d Mycelium on the PDA. e Conidiophores and conidia in the pure culture. f–n Sporulating conidia in the culture. Scale bars: c, d = 250 μm, e = 35 μm, f–i = 15 μm, j–m = 10 μm.

 

References

Eaton RA, Jones EBG. 1971 – The biodeterioration of timber in water–cooling towers. I. Fungal ecology and the decay of wood at Connah’s Quay and Ince. Material and Organismen 6, 51– 80.

Eriksson OE. 2014 – Checklist of the non-lichenized ascomycetes of Sweden. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 36, 499.

Hyde KD, Fröhlich J, Taylor JE. 1998 – Fungi from palms. XXXVI. Reflections on unitunicate ascomycetes with apiospores. Sydowia 50.

Jones EBG, Eaton RA. 1969 – Savoryella lignicola gen. et sp. nov. from water-cooling towers. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 52(1), 161–165.

Lu B, Hyde KD, Ho WH, Tsui KM et al. 2000 – Checklist of Hong Kong Fungi. Fungal Diversity Press, Hong Kong, 207 pages.

Pande A. 2008 – Ascomycetes of Peninsular India. Scientific Publishers (India), Jodhpur, 584.

Reblova M, Gams W, Seifert KA. 2011 – Monilochaetes and allied genera of the Glomerellales, and a reconsideration of families in the Microascales. Studies in Mycology 68, 163–191.

Zhuang WY, ed. 2001 – Higher Fungi of Tropical China. Mycotaxon, Ltd., Ithaca, NY, 485.

 

Entry by

Omid Karimi, State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, 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

 

Published online 28 July 2025

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