Fungalpedia – Note 2369, Scleroramularia
Scleroramularia. Batzer & Crous.
Citation when using this data: Yuan HS et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Incertae sedis, Sordariales, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Notes: The genus was established with Scleroramularia pomigena Batzer & Crous in 2011 as the type species and characterized as forming black sclerotial bodies in culture and producing chains of hyaline conidia which do not disarticulate readily (Li et al. 2011). Species of Scleroramularia are ectophytic parasites causing sooty blotch and flyspeck on the surface of fruits including apple, pawpaw and Japanese banana (Gleason et al. 2019). Six species have been reported: S. abundans Batzer, Mayfield & Crous, S. asiminae Batzer, Hemnani & Crous,
S. henaniensis G.Y. Sun, H.Y. Li & Crous, S. pomigena Batzer & Crous, S. shaanxiensis G.Y. Sun, H.Y. Li & Crous and S. musae G.Y. Sun & L. Gao (Li et al. 2011; Gao et al. 2015).
Type species: Scleroramularia pomigena Batzer & Crous, in Li, Sun, Batzer, Crous, Groenewald, Karakaya & Gleason, Fungal Diversity 46(‘1’): 62 (2011).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Scleroramularia.
Figure 1 – Scleroramularia vermispora (HMUABO GLZJXJ6, holotype). a Flyspeck signs on banana peel. b Colony on synthetic nutrient-poor agar (SNA) after 2 weeks.c vermiform conidia. d Chains of conidia. e “C” type conidia. f Chains of conidia with branch. Scale bars: c–f = 20 µm
References
Entry by
Hai-Sheng Yuan, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, People’s Republic of China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China
Published online 30 April 2026