Fungalpedia – Note 2519, Wiesneriomycetaceae

 

Wiesneriomycetaceae. Suetrong, Rungjind., Somrith. & E.B.G. Jones.

Citation when using this data: Tennakoon DS et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank

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

 

Notes: Wiesneriomycetaceae was introduced by Suetrong et al. (2014) to accommodate Wiesneriomyces as the type genus. According to the recent classification of Wijayawardene et al. (2020) and Hongsanan et al. (2020), six genera are accepted in Wiesneriomycetaceae, namely Parawiesneriomyces, Phalangispora, Pseudogliophragma, Setosynnema, Speiropsis and Wiesneriomyces. The sexual state of Wiesneriomycetaceae is still unknown. Asexual state has setose, sporodochial conidiomata, septate, macronematous conidiophores, holoblastic, clavate to cylindrical conidiogenous cells and hyaline, but greenish, yellowish, or whitish in mass, non-septate, conidia, formed in uniseriate, acropetal chains and connected by narrow isthmi (Suetrong et al. 2014). We follow the latest treatment and updated accounts of Wiesneriomycetaceae in Hongsanan et al. (2020). 

 

Type genus: Wiesneriomyces Koord., Verh. K. Akad. Wet., tweede sect. 13(4): 246 (1907).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Wiesneriomycetaceae.

 

References

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Suetrong S, Rungjindamai N, Sommai S, Rung-Areerate P, Sommrithipol S, Jones EG 2014 – Wiesneriomyces a new lineage of Dothideomycetes (Ascomycota) basal to Tubeufiales. Phytotaxa 176:283–297.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Al-Ani LKT, Tedersoo L, Haelewaters D, Rajeshkumar KC, Zhao RL, Aptroot A, Leontyev D, Saxena RK, Tokarev YS 2020 – Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa. Mycosphere 11:1060–1456.

 

Entry by

Danushka S. Tennakoon, CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China , School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Plant Medicine, National Chiayi University, 300 Syuefu Road, Chiayi City 60004, Taiwan

 

Published online 28 May 2026

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