Xenodactylaria

Fungalpedia – Note 2015, Xenodactylaria

 

Xenodactylaria Crous

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

Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1

Classification: Xenodactylariaceae, Xenodactylariales, Incertae sedis, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi

Dactylaria (de Hoog 1985) is heterogeneous genera (Crous et al. 2016a, 2017a) with the type species, D. purpurella, clustering in Magnaporthales (Klaubauf et al. 2014) and has similarities with Dactylaria and Cylindrosympodium. Xenodactylaria is distinct from Dactylaria and Cylindrosympodium in having hyaline hyphae, conidiophores, conidiogenous cells and hyaline conidia with occur in short chains. Xenodactylaria phylogenetically clusters on its own. In this study, X. thailandica is illustrated.

Type species: Xenodactylaria thailandica Crous.

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Xenodactylaria.

 

 

Figure 1 – Xenodactylaria thailandica (redrawn from Crous et al. 2018b). a, b Conidial attachments to the mycelia. c Conidiogenous cells. d-g conidia. Scale bars: a-g = 10 µm.

 

References

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Burgess TI, Hardy GE et al. 2016a – Fungal Planet description sheets: 469–557. Persoonia : Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 37, 218–403.

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Burgess TI, Carnegie AJ et al. 2017a – Fungal Planet description sheets: 625–715. Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 39, 270–467.

Crous PW, Luangsa-Ard JJ, Wingfield M, Carnegie AJ et al. 2018b – Fungal Planet description sheets: 785–867. Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 41, 238–417.

de Hoog GS. 1985 – Taxonomy of the Dactylaria complex, IV. Dactylaria, Neta, Subulispora and Scolecobasidium. Studies in Mycology 26, 1–60.

Klaubauf S, Tharreau D, Fournier E, Groenewald JZ et al. 2014 – Resolving the polyphyletic nature of Pyricularia (Pyriculariaceae). Studies in Mycology 79, 85–120.

 

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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