Fungalpedia – Note 2358, Umbelopsidales

 

Umbelopsidales. Spatafora, Stajich & Bonito.

Citation when using this data: Yuan HS et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Mucoromycota.

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Classification: Incertae sedis, Umbelopsidomycetes, Mucoromycotina, Mucoromycota, Fungi

 

Notes: After an extensive study involving genomic scale data, Spatafora et al. (2016) proposed the order Umbelopsidales Spatafora & Stajich, comprising Umbelopsidaceae W. Gams & W. Mey. and Umbelopsis Amos & H.L. Barnett. Species belonging to the Umbelopsidales are characterized by their asexual reproduction, which occurs through the formation of multi-spored or uni-spored sporangia and chlamydospores. Sporangia are produced at the end of the sporangiophores, are arranged in cymose or verticillate branches, and are typically pigmented in red or ocher tones. Sporangiospores are pigmented and may vary in shape between globose, ellipsoid or polyhedral. The columellae are usually very small or absent and have often been described as inconspicuous. The sexual reproduction of the Umbelopsidales is unknown (Hoffmann et al. 2013; Wang et al. 2013; Spatafora et al. 2016).

 

Type family: Umbelopsidaceae W. Gams & W. Mey., in Meyer & Gams, Mycol. Res. 107(3): 348 (2003).

 

References

Hoffmann K, Pawlowska J, Walther G, Wrzosek M, de Hoog GS, Benny GL, Kirk PM, Voigt K (2013) The family structure of the Mucorales: a synoptic revision based on comprehensive multigene-genealogies. Persoonia 30:57–76

Spatafora JW, Chang Y, Benny GL, Lazarus K, Smith ME, Berbee ML, Bonito G, Corradi N, Grigoriev I, Gryganskyi A, James TY, O’Donnell K, Roberson RW, Taylor TN, Uehling J, Vilgalys R, White MM, Stajich JE (2016) A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data. Mycologia 108:1028–1046

Wang YN, Liu XY, Zheng RY (2013) Four new species records of Umbelopsis (Mucoromycotina) from China. J Mycol 2013:1–6

 

Entry by

Hai-Sheng Yuan, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, People’s Republic of China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

 

Published online 30 April 2026

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