Fungalpedia – Note 2276, Zalaria
Zalaria Visagie, Z. Humphries & Seifert
Citation when using this data: Hongsanan S et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Ascomycota.
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Classification: Zalariaceae, Dothideales, Dothideomycetidae, Dothideomycetes, Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota, Fungi
Humphries et al. (2017) established the genus with two new species, Zalaria alba and Z. obscura. These species are black yeast-like terrestrial taxa, which grow restrictedly and produce conidiogenous cells with holoblastic synchronous or percurrent conidiation. Zalaria is closely related to Hormonema in having only one to two loci per conidiogenous cell, but Zalaria is different as it generally has a more restricted growth. No sexual morph has been reported for Zalaria (Humphries et al. 2017).
Type species: Zalaria obscura Visagie, Z. Humphries & Seifert.
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Zalaria.
Figure 1 – Zalaria obscura (redrawn from Humphries et al. 2017, DAOMC 250849, ex-type culture). a Intercalary conidiogenous cells. b Conidia. c Intercalary conidiogenous cells. d Melanized hyphae developing into chlamydospores. e Chlamydospores.
References
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Sinang Hongsanan, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50002, Thailand
Published online 10 April 2026