Fungalpedia – Note 1083, Xylariaceae

 

Xylariaceae Tul. & C. Tul. 

Citation when using this data: Dayarathne MC et al. 2020 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.

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

Tulasne & Tulasne (1863) introduced the family Xylariaceae with the term “Xylariei” and by then the family concept had not even been established (Stadler et al. 2013). The exact number of accepted genera of this family is doubtful while the recent outline of Ascomycota (Wijayawardene et al. 2018) listed 44 genera among the 38 genera are established by molecular data. The segregation of Xylariaceae into the subfamilies Hypoxyloideae and Xylarioideae has been supported by molecular data and several genera of Xylariaceae have transferred to various families i. e. Graphostromataceae and Lopadostomataceae (Tang et al. 2007, Stadler et al. 2013, Daranagama et al. 2015, Maharachchikumbura et al. 2015, 2016).

Type species: Xylaria Hill ex Schrank, Baier. Fl. (München) 1: 200 (1786).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Xylariaceae.

 

References

Daranagama DA, Liu X, Chamyuang S, Stadler M. et al. 2015 – Rhopalostroma brevistipitatum sp. nov. from Thailand with an extended generic description for Rhopalostroma. Phytotaxa, 227, 229–242.

Maharachchikumbura SN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC et al. 2016 – Families of Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 79, 1–317.

Maharachchikumbura SSN, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, McKenzie EHC. 2015 – Towards a natural classification and backbone tree for Sordariomycetes. Fungal Diversity 72, 199–301.

Stadler M, Læssøe T, Fournier J, Decock C et al. 2013 – A polyphasic taxonomy of Daldinia (Xylariaceae). Studies in Mycology 77, 1–143

Tang AMC, Jeewon R, Hyde KD. 2007 – Phylogenetic relationships of Nemania plumbea sp. nov. and related taxa based on ribosomal ITSand RPB2 sequences. Mycological Research 111, 392–402.

Tulasne LR, Tulasne C. 1863 – Selecta Fungorum Carpologia, 2. Selecta Fungorum Carpologia, 2.

Wijayawardene NN, Hyde KD, Lumbsch HT, Liu JK et al. 2018 – Outline of Ascomycota, 2017. Fungal Diversity 88, 167–263.

 

Entry by

Monika Dayarathne, 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, World Agro forestry Centre East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China, Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China

 

Published online 13 January 2020

 

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