Fungalpedia – Note 3004, Savoryellales

 

Savoryellales Boonyuen, Suetrong, Sivichai, K.L. Pang & E.B.G. Jones.

Citation when using this data: Jing Yang et al. 2023 – Fungalpedia. 

Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

Classification: Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotin, Ascomycota, Dikarya, Fungi.

Notes: Savoryellales was established as monotypic and positioned in Hypocreomycetidae based on a combined dataset of six ribosomal and protein-coding loci (Boonyuen et al. 2011). With further evidence from phylogenetic and molecular clock analyses, Savoryellales was referred to Savoryellomycetidae (Hongsanan et al. 2017). Savoryellaceae was introduced by Ranghoo (1998) lacking a description. It was formally published by Jaklitsch and Réblová (2015). Species in Savoryellales are saprobic on decaying wood from terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including marine, brackish, and freshwater environments (Minoura and Muroi 1978; Koch 1982; Jones and Hyde 1992; Chang et al. 1998; Hyde and Jones 1998; Abdel-Wahab and Jones 2000; Jones et al. 2016; Dayarathne et al. 2019). The type species Savoryella lignicola was described from Scots pine test blocks in a water-cooling tower in the UK (Jones and Eaton 1969).

Type family: Savoryellaceae Jaklitsch & Réblová.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Savoryellales.

 

References

Abdel-Wahab MA, Jones EBG. 2000 – Three new marine Ascomycetes from driftwood in Australia sand dunes. Mycoscience 41:379–388.

Boonyuen N, Chuaseeharonnachai C, Suetrong S, Sri-indrasutdhi V et al. 2011 – Savoryellales (Hypocreomycetidae, Sordariomycetes): a novel lineage of aquatic ascomycetes inferred from multiple-gene phylogenies of the genera Ascotaiwania, Ascothailandia, and Savoryella. Mycologia 103(6):1351–1371.

Chang HS, Hsieh SY, Jones EBG, Read SJ, Moss ST. 1998 – New freshwater species of Ascotaiwania and Savoryella from Taiwan. Mycol Res 102:709–718.

Dayarathne MC, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Jones EBG, Dong W et al. 2019 – Phylogenetic revision of Savoryellaceae and evidence for its ranking as a subclass. Front Microbiol 10:840.

Hongsanan S, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Samarakoon MC et al. 2017 – An updated phylogeny of Sordariomycetes based on phylogenetic and molecular clock evidence. Fungal Divers 84:25–41. 

Hyde KD, Goh TK. 1998 – Fungi on submerged wood in Lake Barrine, north Queensland, Australia. Mycol Res 102(6):739–749.

Jaklitsch WM, Réblová M. 2015 – Savoryellaceae Jaklitsch & Réblová. Index Fungorum 209:1.

Jones EBG, Eaton RA. 1969 – Savoryella lignicola gen. et sp. nov. from water-cooling towers. Trans Br Mycol Soc 52:161–174.

Jones EBG, Hyde KD. 1992 – Taxonomic studies on Savoryella Jones et Eaton (Ascomycotina). Bot Mar 35:83–91.

Jones EBG, To-anun C, Suetrong S, Boonyuen N. 2016 – Mycosphere Essays 12. Progress in the classification of the water-cooling tower ascomycete Savoryella and a tribute to John Savory: a review. Mycosphere 7(5):570–581.

Koch J. 1982 − Some lignicolous marine fungi from Sri Lanka. Nord J Bot 2(2):163−169.

Minoura K, Muroi T. 1978 – Some freshwater ascomycetes from Japan. Trans Mycol Soc Japan 19:129–134.

Ranghoo VM. 1998 – Phylogeny of freshwater ascomycetes. Dissertation, University of Hong Kong.

 

Entry by

Jing Yang, School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, People’s Republic of China, School of Science, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang 550006, People’s Republic of China.

 

Published online 26 August 2026

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