Pleosporales - CBS - KNAW

Fungal Diversity
Table 4 (continued)
Belizeana Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
Biatriospora K.D. Hyde & Borse
Byssolophis Clem.
Carinispora K.D. Hyde
Cilioplea Munk
Decaisnella Fabre
Epiphegia Nitschke ex G.H. Otth
Isthmosporella Shearer & Crane
Julella Fabre
Lineolata Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
Lophiella Sacc.
Lophionema Sacc.
Lophiotrema Sacc.
Moristroma A.I. Romero & Samuels
Neotestudina Segretain & Destombes
Ostropella (Sacc.) Höhn.
Paraliomyces Kohlm.
Passeriniella Berl.
Quintaria Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
Saccothecium Fr.
Salsuginea K.D. Hyde
Shiraia P. Henn.
Xenolophium Syd.
Family excluded
Phaeotrichaceae
Echinoascotheca Matsush.
Phaeotrichum Cain & M.E. Barr
Trichodelitschia Munk
Genera excluded
Kriegeriella Höhn.
Muroia I. Hino & Katum.
Zeuctomorpha Sivan., P.M. Kirk & Govindu
and cylindrical to cylindro-clavate asci. Neomassariosphaeria
typhicola was traditionally assigned to Massariosphaeria (as
M. typhicola), and Massariosphaeria is characterized by
staining the woody substrate purple (Crivelli 1983;
Leuchtmann 1984). Eriksson (1981 p. 135) had pointed out
that “Purple-staining species of Pleospora, treated by Webster
(1957), are not congeneric with P. herbarum (Eriksson 1967b:
13), and certainly do not even belong to the Pleosporaceae”.
This is mirrored in Murispora rubicunda, a
previous Pleospora species (as P. rubicunda) staining the
woody substrate purple, closely related to the Amniculicolaceae
in a subsequent phylogenetic study (Zhang et al.
2009a). The anamorphs of this family are possibly
Anguillospora longissima, Spirosphaera cupreorufescens
and Repetophragma ontariense (Zhang et al. 2009a).
?Arthopyreniaceae (or Massariaceae) W. Watson 1929
The Arthopyreniaceae was introduced as a lichenized
family of Pyrenocarpales, which comprises Acrocordia,
Arthopyrenia, Athrismidium, Bottaria, Celothelium, Laurera,
Leptorhaphis, Microthelia, Microtheliopsis, Polyblastiopsis,
Pseudosagedia, Raciborskiella and Tomasellia
(Watson 1929). Subsequently, Arthopyreniaceae was
assigned under Dothideales (suborder Pseudosphaeriineae)
(von Arx and Müller 1975). The generic type of Massaria
(M. inquinans) and Torula herbarum and Arthopyrenia
salicis together with members of Roussoella as well as
Roussoellopsis form a robust clade, which makes their
familial placement uncertain (Massariaceae or Arthopyreniaceae)
(Schoch et al. 2009; Zhang et al. 2009a).
?Cucurbitariaceae G. Winter 1885
The Cucurbitariaceae is characterized by its aggregated
ascomata which form from a basal stromatic structure,
ostiolate, fissitunicate and cylindrical asci, and pigmented,
phragmosporous or muriform ascospores (Cannon and Kirk
2007). Currently, no molecular study has been able to
resolve its ordinal status, but some characters are similar to
Leptosphaeriaceae or Phaeosphaeriaceae (Cannon and
Kirk 2007). Cucurbitaria elongata clustered within Pleosporales
(Schoch et al. 2006).
Delitschiaceae M.E. Barr 2000
The Delitschiaceae was established to accommodate
some species of the Sporormiaceae, which is characterized
by its ascomata with periphysate ostioles, ocular chamber
surrounded by a dome and usually in having four refractive
rods, ascospores with or without a septum, having a germ
slit in each cell and being surrounded by a mucilaginous
sheath (Barr 2000). Species of the Delitschiaceae are
hypersaprotrophic on old dung or exposed wood (Barr
2000). Based on a molecular phylogenetic studies, Delitschia
didyma and D. winteri form a robust clade basal to
other pleosporalean fungi (Schoch et al. 2009; Zhang et al.
2009a). The familial status of two other genera, Ohleriella
and Semidelitschia, remains undetermined.
?Diademaceae Shoemaker & C.E. Babc. 1992
The Diademaceae was introduced by Shoemaker and
Babcock (1992) based on its ascomata opening as a flat
circular lid and bitunicate asci, ascospores are fusiform,
brown, mostly applanate, and having three or more
transverse septate and with or lacking longitudinal septa
and usually having a sheath. Five genera had been included
viz. Clathrospora, Comoclathris, Diadema, Diademosa and
Macrospora (Shoemaker and Babcock 1992).
Didymellaceae Gruyter, Aveskamp & Verkley 2009
The generic type of Didymella (D. exigua) together with
some Phoma or Phoma-related species form a robust
familial clade on the phylogenetic tree, thus the Didymellaceae
was introduced to accommodate them (de Gruyter et
al. 2009). Subsequently, Didymellaceae was assigned to