Tubeufia

Fungalpedia – Note 754, Tubeufia

 

Tubeufia Penz. & Sacc.

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

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

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

Penzig and Saccardo (1897) established Tubeufia within Tubeufiaceae, with Tu. javanica as the type species. Boonmee et al. (2014) designated the epitype for Tu. javanica based on phylogenetic analyses. Currently, there are 60 accepted species of Tubeufia listed in Species Fungorum (2024). Tubeufia species are reported as saprobes on decaying wood in freshwater or terrestrial habitats (Boonmee et al. 2014, Chaiwan et al. 2017, Lu et al. 2018, Dong et al. 2020). To date, one species of this genus (Tu. claspisphaeria) has been reported from peat swamp forests (Pinnoi et al. 2006, Pinuruan et al. 2007). In this study, we introduce Tu. narathiwatensis as a novel species found on submerged rachides of Eleiodoxa conferta from the peat swamp forest in Narathiwat, Thailand. 

Type species: Tubeufia javanica Penz. & Sacc., Malpighia 11(11-12): 517 (1898) [1897].

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Tubeufia.

 

 

Figure 1 – Tubeufia narathiwatensis (MFLU 24-0505, holotype). a Host. b Colonies on the host substrate. c–e Conidiophores and conidiogenous cells. f–i Conidia. j A germinated conidium. k, l Colonies on the PDA. Scale bars: b = 200 μm, c = 10 μm, d, e = 20 μm, f, g, h, j = 50 μm, i= 70 μm. 

 

References

Boonmee S, Rossman AY, Liu JK, Li WJ et al. 2014 – Tubeufiales, ord. nov., integrating sexual and asexual generic names. Fungal Diversity 68, 239–298.

Chaiwan N, Lu YZ, Tibpromma S, Bhat DJ et al. 2017 – Neotubeufia gen. nov. and Tubeufia guangxiensis sp. nov. (Tubeufiaceae) from freshwater habitats. Mycosphere 8, 1443–1456.

Dong W, Wang B, Hyde KD, McKenzie EHC, et al. 2020 – Freshwater Dothideomycetes. Fungal Diversity 105, 319–575. 

Lu YZ, Liu JK, Hyde KD, Jeewon R et al. 2018 – A taxonomic reassessment of Tubeufiales based on multi-locus phylogeny and morphology. Fungal Diversity 92, 131–344.

Penzig AJO, Saccardo PA. 1897 – Diagnoses fungorum novorum in insula Java collectorum. Ser. I. Malpighia 11, 387–409.

Pinnoi A, Lumyong S, Hyde KD, Jones EBG et al. 2006 – Biodiversity of fungi on the palm Eleiodoxa conferta in Sirindhorn peat swamp forest, Narathiwat, Thailand. Fungal Diversity 22, 205–218.

Pinruan U, Hyde KD, Lumyong S, McKenzie EHC, Jones EBG 2007 − Occurrence of fungi on tissues of the peat swamp palm Licuala longicalycata. Fungal Diversity 25: 157−173.

 

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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