Fungalpedia – Note 788, Vamsapriya

 

Vamsapriya. Gawas & Bhat.

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

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

Classification: Vamsapriyaceae, Xylariales, Xylariomycetidae, Sordariomycetidae, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Gawas and Bhat (2005) introduced Vamsapriya, with V. indica as the type species. Initially placed in Xylariaceae (Hyde et al. 2020), Vamsapriya was later reassigned to the newly established family Vamsapriyaceae by Sun et al. (2021) based on the combined phylogenetic analyses of LSU, rpb2, tub2, and ITS sequences, along with morphological characteristics. Currently, 12 Vamsapriya species are listed in Index Fungorum (2024). Species of Vamsapriya are primarily reported from China and Thailand, where they occur in both aquatic and terrestrial habitats (Dai et al. 2014, Jiang et al. 2018, Sun et al. 2021, Samarakoon et al. 2022). To date, no species of this genus have been reported from peat swamp forests. In this study, we introduce V. narathiwatensis as a novel species on Eleiodoxa conferta from the peat swamp forest in Narathiwat, Thailand.

Type species: Vamsapriya indica Gawas & Bhat, Mycotaxon 94: 150 (2006) [2005]

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Vamsapriya.

 

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Figure 1 – Vamsapriya narathiwatensis (MFLU 24-0518, holotype). a Host. b Colonies on the host substrate. c−f Conidiophores and conidia. g, h Conidiogenous cells and developing conidia. i Colonies on the PDA. Scale bars: b = 400 μm, c = 200 μm, d, g = 50 μm, e, f = 150 μm, h = 20 μm.

 

References

Dai DQ, Bahkali AH, Li QR, Bhat DJ, et al. 2014 – Vamsapriya (Xylariaceae) redescribed, with two new species and molecular sequence data. Cryptogamie Mycologie 35, 339–357. 

Gawas P, Bhat DJ. 2005 – Vamsapriya indica gen. et sp. nov., a bambusicolous, synnematous fungus from India. Mycotaxon 94, 149–154. 

Hyde KD, Dong Y, Phookamsak R, Jeewon R et al. 2020 – Fungal diversity notes 1151—1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa. Fungal Diversity 100, 5–277.

Jiang HB, Phookamsak R, Bhat DJ, Khan S, et al. 2018 – Vamsapriya yunnana, a new species of Vamsapriya (Xylariaceae; Xylariales) associated with bamboo from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa 356, 61–70. 

Samarakoon MC, Hyde KD, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Stadler M et al. 2022 – Taxonomy, phylogeny, molecular dating and ancestral state reconstruction of Xylariomycetidae (Sordariomycetes). Fungal Diversity. 112, 1–88.

Sun YR, Liu NG, Samarakoon MC, Jayawardena RS, et al. 2021 – Morphology and phylogeny reveal Vamsapriyaceae fam. Nov. (Xylariales, Sordariomycetes) with two novel Vamsapriya species. Journal of Fungi 7, 891.

 

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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