Pleosporales - CBS - KNAW
Pleosporales - CBS - KNAW
Pleosporales - CBS - KNAW
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Fungal Diversity<br />
Montagnulaceae<br />
Montagnula has an Aschersonia anamorph, and Kalmusia<br />
and Paraphaeosphaeria have Coniothyrium-like, Cytoplea,<br />
Microsphaeropsis and Paraconiothyrium anamorphs.<br />
The generic type of Paraphaeosphaeria (P. michotii) is<br />
linked with Coniothyrium scirpi Trail (Webster 1955). The<br />
Coniothyrium complex is highly polyphyletic, and was<br />
subdivided into four groups by Sutton (1980), viz.<br />
Coniothyrium, Microsphaeropsis, Cyclothyrium and Cytoplea.<br />
Paraconiothyrium was introduced to accommodate<br />
Coniothyrium minitans W.A. Campb. and C. sporulosum<br />
(W. Gams & Domsch) Aa, which are closely related to<br />
Paraphaeosphaeria based on 18S rDNA sequences phylogeny<br />
(Verkley et al. 2004).<br />
Morosphaeriaceae<br />
Based on the multigene phylogenetic analysis in this<br />
study, Asteromassaria is tentatively included in Morosphaeriaceae.<br />
Asteromassaria macrospora is linked with<br />
Scolicosporium macrosporium (Berk.) B. Sutton, which is<br />
hyphomycetous. No anamorphic stages have been reported<br />
for other species of Morosphaeriaceae.<br />
Trematosphaeriaceae<br />
Three species from three different genera were included<br />
in Trematosphaeriaceae, i.e. Falciformispora lignatilis,<br />
Halomassarina thalassiae and Trematosphaeria pertusa<br />
(Suetrong et al. data unpublished; Plate 1). Of these, only<br />
Trematosphaeria pertusa, the generic type of Trematosphaeria,<br />
produces hyphopodia-like structures on agar<br />
(Zhang et al. 2008a).<br />
Other families of <strong>Pleosporales</strong><br />
Amniculicolaceae<br />
Three anamorphic species nested within the clade of<br />
Amniculicolaceae, i.e. Anguillospora longissima (Sacc. &<br />
P. Syd.) Ingold, Repetophragma ontariense (Matsush.) W.<br />
P. Wu and Spirosphaera cupreorufescens Voglmayr<br />
(Zhang et al. 2009a). Sivanesan (1984, p.500)described<br />
the teleomorphic stage of Anguillospora longissima as<br />
Massarina sp. II, which fits the diagnostic characters of<br />
Amniculicola well. Thus this taxon may be another species of<br />
Amniculicola.<br />
Hypsostromataceae<br />
A Pleurophomopsis-like anamorph is reported in the<br />
subiculum of the generic type of Hypsostroma (H. saxicola<br />
Huhndorf) (Huhndorf 1992).<br />
Lophiostomataceae<br />
The concept of Lophiostomataceae was also narrowed,<br />
and presently contains only Lophiostoma (Zhang et al.<br />
2009a). Leuchtmann (1985) studied cultures of some<br />
Lophiostoma species, and noticed that L. caulium (Fr.)<br />
Ces. & De Not., L. macrostomum, L. semiliberum (Desm.)<br />
Ces. & De Not., Lophiostoma sp. and Lophiotrema nucula<br />
produced Pleurophomopsis anamorphic stages, which are<br />
similar to those now in Melanomma (Chesters 1938), but<br />
Lophiostoma and Melanomma has no proven phylogenetic<br />
relationship (Zhang et al. 2009a, b; Plate 1). Species of<br />
Aposphaeria have also been reported in Massariosphaeria<br />
(Farr et al. 1989; Leuchtmann 1984), but the polyphyletic<br />
nature of Massariosphaeria is well documented (Wang et<br />
al. 2007).<br />
Melanommataceae<br />
The anamorphs of the Melanommataceae are mostly<br />
coelomycetous and rarely hyphomycetous with various<br />
ontogenic structures, such as annellidic or sympodial for<br />
hyphomycetes (Exosporiella and Pseudospiropes) and<br />
coelomycetes (Aposphaeria-like and Pyrenochaeta).<br />
Herpotrichia is reported as having a Pyrenochaeta<br />
anamorphic stage with or without seta on the surface of<br />
pycnidia (Sivanesan 1984). Aposphaeria and Phoma-like<br />
have been reported in Melanomma species (Chesters<br />
1938; Sivanesan 1984). Similarly, the anamorphs of<br />
Karstenula are reported as coelomycetous, i.e. Microdiplodia<br />
(Constantinescu 1993). The anamorphic stage of<br />
Anomalemma is Exosporiella (Sivanesan 1983), and that<br />
of Byssosphaeria is Pyrenochaeta (Barr 1984). Ohleria<br />
brasiliensis Starbäck has been linked with Monodictys<br />
putredinis (Wallr.) S. Hughes (Samuels 1980). Astrosphaeriella<br />
is a contentious genus as its familial status is<br />
not determined yet. Here we temporarily assigned it under<br />
Melanommataceae, which is linked with the anamorph<br />
genus Pleurophomopsis.<br />
Pleomassariaceae<br />
Shearia and Prosthemium are all anamorphs of Pleomassaria,<br />
andProsthemium betulinum is linked with the generic<br />
type of Pleomassaria (P. siparia) (Barr1982b; Sivanesan<br />
1984; Sutton 1980; Tanaka et al. 2010). Splanchnonema is a<br />
genus of Pleomassariaceae, the teleomorphic morphology of<br />
which is difficult to distinguish from two other genera, i.e.<br />
Asteromassaria and Pleomassaria, and the reported anamorphs<br />
of Splanchnonema are Ceuthodiplospora, Myxocyclus<br />
and Stegonsporium, which are comparable with those of<br />
Asteromassaria and Pleomassaria.<br />
Tetraplosphaeriaceae<br />
Tetraplosphaeriaceae was introduced to accommodate<br />
the Massarina-like bambusicolous fungi that produce<br />
Tetraploa sensu stricto anamorphs (Tanaka et al. 2009).<br />
Tetraploa aristata Berk. & Broome, the generic type of<br />
Tetraploa is widely distributed, associated with various