Fungalpedia – Note 2016, Xenodactylariaceae
Xenodactylariaceae Crous
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Classification: Xenodactylariales, Incertae sedis, Sordariomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
On leaves of unidentified vine. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Mycelium consisting of smooth, hyaline, branched, septate, hyphae. Conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cells on hyphae, erect to flexuous, hyaline, smooth, with one to several denticulate apical loci. Conidia occurring in branched chains, hyaline, smooth, subcylindrical, septate (adapted from Crous et al. 2018b).
Notes: Crous et al. (2018b) introduced Xenodactylariaceae mainly focusing on similarity with Dactylaria and Cylindrosympodium and being a phylogenetically stable independent clade.
Type genus: Xenodactylaria Crous.
References
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 28 February 2020