Fungalpedia – Note 2253, Septonema

 

Septonema Corda

Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Notes – This genus is characterized by hyphomycetous asexual morph. Morphological characters are monoblastic or sympodial conidiogenous cell and ramoconidia in branched chains. Boehm et al. (2009a), Hyde et al. (2013) and Wijayawardene et al. (2018) placed Septonema in Mytilinidiaceae. Fresh material and sequence data are required to confirm the placement of this genus.

Type species: Septonema secedens Corda, Icon. fung. (Prague) 1: 9 (1837).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Septonema.

 

References

Boehm EWA, Mugambi G, Miller AN, Huhndorf S et al. 2009a – A molecular phylogenetic reappraisal of the Hysteriaceae, Mytilinidiaceae and Gloniaceae (Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes) with keys to world species. Studies in Mycology 64, 49–83.

Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Liu J-K, Ariyawansa H et al. 2013 – Families of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 63, 1–313.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Lumbsch HT, Liu JK et al. 2018 – Outline of Ascomycota: 2017. Fungal Diversity 88, 167–263.

 

Entry by

Sinang Hongsanan, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand 

 

Published online 3 April 2026

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