Fungalpedia – Note 1069, Stigmatodiscaceae

 

Stigmatodiscaceae. Voglmayr & Jaklitsch.

Citation when using this data: Dayarathne MC et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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Classification: Stigmatodiscaceae, Stigmatodiscales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

A dothideomycetous family with apothecial ascomata embedded in host tissue lacking an excipulum, saccate fissitunicate asci, large, 3-septate ascospores with an eccentric euseptum and two additional distosepta, surrounded by a large gelatinous sheath, characterizes Stigmatodiscaceae (Voglmayr et al. 2016). This family comprises the genera Asterodiscus and Stigmatodiscus reported from dead corticated twigs of Acer, Carpinus and Tamarix. 

Type species: Stigmatodiscus Voglmayr & Jaklitsch, in Voglmayr, Gardiennet & Jaklitsch, Fungal Diversity 80: 278 (2016).

 

References

Voglmayr H, Gardiennet A. Jaklitsch WM. 2016 – Asterodiscus and Stigmatodiscus, two new apothecial dothideomycete genera and the new order Stigmatodiscales.Fungal Diversity 80, 271–284.

 

Entry by

Monika Dayarathne, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai57100, Thailand, World Agro forestry Centre East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China, Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China

 

Published online 13 January 2020

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