Fungalpedia – Note 2539, Sclerococcales
Sclerococcales. Réblová, Unter. & W. Gams.
Citation when using this data: Boonmee S et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.
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Classification: Sclerococcomycetidae, Eurotiomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes: Réblová et al. (2017) introduced Sclerococcales with Sclerococcum Fr. as type genus. Dactylosporaceae (= Sclerococcaceae) constitutes the order with five known genera: Cylindroconidiis, Fusichalara, Longimultiseptata, Rhopalophora and Sclerococcum (= Dactylospora) (Wijayawardene et al. 2020). Sclerococcales comprises ca. 80 species that dwell in terrestrial and aquatic environments as wood saprobes, lichenized species on lichens, non-lichenized fungi or leafy liverworts, or associated with beetles as a part of intestinal microbiota (Diederich et al. 2018; Olariaga et al. 2019).
Type family: Dactylosporaceae Bellem. & Hafellner, Cryptog. Mycol. 3(1): 79 (1982).
References
Diederich P, Lawrey JD, Ertz D 2018 – The 2018 classification and checklist of lichenicolous fungi, with 2000 non-lichenized, obligately lichenicolous taxa. Bryologist 121:340–425.
Olariaga I, Teres J, Martín J, Prieto M, Baral HO 2019 – Pseudosclerococcum golindoi gen. et sp. nov., a new taxon with apothecial ascomata and a Chalara-like anamorph within the Sclerococcales (Eurotiomycetes). Mycol Prog 18:895–905.
Réblová M, Untereiner WA, Stepanek V, Gams W 2017 – Disentangling Phialophora section Catenulatae: disposition of taxa with pigmented conidiophores and recognition of a new subclass, Sclerococcomycetidae (Eurotiomycetes). Mycol Prog 16:27–46.
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Saranyaphat Boonmee, 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 6 June 2026
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