Fungalpedia – Note 2007, Vermiculariopsiellaceae

 

Vermiculariopsiellaceae Hern.-Rest., J. Mena, Gené & Crous

Citation when using this data: Hyde KD et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank.

Classification: Vermiculariopsiellales, Incertae sedis, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Parasitic or saprobic on wood or leaves. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Stroma present or absent. Conidiomata sporodochial, scattered, setose. Setae branched or unbranched, brown, septate, straight to flexuous. Conidiophores macronematous, subcylindrical, hyaline to pale brown, septate, densely packed in a palisade. Conidiogenous cells monophialidic, terminal, hyaline to pale brown, cylindrical to lageniform, with collarette. Conidia cylindrical to oblong, straight or slight curved, hyaline, aseptate or septate, sometimes guttulate (adapted from Hernández-Restrepo et al. 2017).

Notes: Vermiculariopsiellaceae was established by Hernández-Restrepo et al. (2017) to accommodate a well-supported monophyletic clade containing Vermiculariopsiella. The sexual morph of Vermiculariopsiella was linked with Echinosphaeria based on culture studies (Puja et al. 2006, Dhargalkar & Bhat 2009). However, phylogenetic studies, based on LSU and tub2 sequence data, showed that E. canescens, the type species of Echinosphaeria, resides in Helminthosphaeriaceae (Miller et al. 2014). Therefore, it is possible that the asexual morphs of Echinosphaeria were wrongly identified as Vermiculariopsiella. The linkage between Echinosphaeria and Vermiculariopsiella requires further molecular studies to confirm. We regard the sexual morph of Vermiculariopsiella as undetermined.

Type genus – Vermiculariopsiella Bender.

 

References

Dhargalkar S, Bhat DJ. 2009 – Echinosphaeria pteridis sp. nov. and its Vermiculariopsiella anamorph. Mycotaxon 108, 115–122.

Hernández-Restrepo M, Gené J, Castañeda-Ruiz RF, Mena-Portales J. 2017 − Phylogeny of saprobic microfungi from Southern Europe. Studies in Mycology 86, 53−97.

Miller AN, Huhndorf SM, Fournier J. 2014 – Phylogenetic relationships of five uncommon species of Lasiosphaeria and three new species in the Helminthosphaeriaceae (Sordariomycetes). Mycologia 106, 505–524.

Puja GS, Shenoy BD, Hyde KD, Bhat DJ. 2006 – Echinosphaeria macrospora sp. nov., teleomorph of Vermiculariopsiella endophytica sp. nov. Cryptogamie Mycologie 27, 11–20.

 

Entry by

Kevin David Hyde, Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, P.R. China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Mushroom Research Foundation, 128 M.3 Ban Pa Deng T. Pa Pae, A. Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China

 

Published online 17 March 2026

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