Stanjehughesia

Fungalpedia – Note 779, Stanjehughesia

 

Stanjehughesia. Subram.

Citation when using this data: Karimi O et al. 2025 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank., Fig 1

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

Subramanian (1992) established Stanjehughesia (S.), as a new genus, with S. hormiscioides as the type species. Currently, there are 20 accepted species of Stanjehughesia listed in Species Fungorum (2024). Members of Stanjehughesia have a wide distribution and have been reported on various hosts, such as Elaeis guineensis from Thailand (Zhang et al. 2024a), Roystonea regia from Cuba (Mena-Portales et al. 2016), rachides and petioles of Sabal from the USA (Delgado 2008), branches of bamboo and Michelia skinneriana from China (Ma et al. 2011), Juniperus virginiana from the USA (Subramanian 1992), and dead wood from Spain (Mena-Portales et al. 2016). To date, no species of this genus have been reported from peat swamp forests. In this study, we introduce S. narathiwatensis as a novel species found on the submerged petiole of Eleiodoxa conferta in the peat swamp forest of Narathiwat, Thailand.

Type species: Stanjehughesia hormiscioides (Corda) Subram., Proc. Indian natn Sci. Acad., Part B. Biol. Sci. 58(4): 184 (1992)

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Stanjehughesia.

 

 

Figure 1 – Stanjehughesia narathiwatensis (MFLU 24-0512, holotype). a Host. b, c Colonies on the host substrate. d Conidiogenous cells. e, f Conidiogenous cells and conidia. g−k Conidia. l Colonies on the PDA. Scale bars: b = 500 μm, c = 250 μm, d = 10 μm, e, f, h–j = 30 μm, g = 20 μm.

 

References

Delgado G. 2008 – South Florida microfungi: A new species of Stanjehughesia (hyphomycetes) from Sabal palm. Mycotaxon 103, 229–234.

Ma J, M LG, Zhang YD, Zhang XG. 2011 – Three new species of hyphomycetes from southern China. Mycotaxon 117, 247–253.

Mena-Portales J, Hernandez-Restrepo M, Guarro J, Minter DW, et al. 2016 – New species of Penzigomyces, Sporidesmium and Stanjehughesia from plant debris in Spain. Phytotaxa 266(3), 191–200.

Subramanian CV. 1992 – A reassessment of Sporidesmium (Hyphomycetes) and some related taxa. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy Part B 58, 179–190.

Zhang SN, Hyde KD, Jones EG, Yu XD et al. 2024a – Current insights into palm fungi with emphasis on taxonomy and phylogeny. Fungal Diversity 127, 55–301.

 

Entry by

Omid Karimi, State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine & School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guian New District, Guizhou 550004, China, 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 28 July 2025

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