Fungalpedia – Note 2301, Sigarispora
Sigarispora Thambug. & K.D. Hyde
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1
Classification: Lophiostomataceae, Pleosporales, Pleosporomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
The type species of this genus, Sigarispora ravennica was originally described as Lophiostoma ravennicum by Liu et al. (2015) based on their phylogenetic results, coupled with morphological characteritics. Thambugala et al. (2015b) showed that Lophiostoma ravennicum forms a separate clade in Lophiostomataceae and grouped with new strain. Therefore, Thambugala et al. (2015b) introduce Sigarispora to accommodate Sigarispora ravennica in Lophiostomataceae based on distinct characters of immersed to semi-immersed ascomata, crest-like ostiole and brown, multi-septate ascospores.
Type species: Sigarispora ravennica (Tibpromma, Camporesi & K.D. Hyde) Thambug. & K.D. Hyde, Fungal Divers. 74: 238 (2015).
≡ Lophiostoma ravennicum Tibpromma, Camporesi & K.D. Hyde, in Liu et al., Fungal Divers: 72:117 (2015).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Sigarispora.
Figure 1 – Sigarispora ravennica (MFU-140692, holotype). a, b Ascomata on host surface. c Cross section of ascoma. d Ostiole. e Peridium. f Asci when immature. g Asci. h–j Ascospores. k Ascospore stained in Indian ink. l Germinating ascospore. m, n Colonies on MEA media. Scale bars: a = 500 μm, b = 100 μm, c = 50 μm, d–g = 10 μm, h–l = 5 μm.
References
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 17 April 2026