Lopadostoma gastrinum (Fr.) Traverso, Fl. ital. crypt., Pars 1: Fungi. Pyrenomycetae. Xylariaceae, Valsaceae, Ceratostomataceae (Florence) 1(2): 169 (1906) Index Fungorum number: IF241129 Saprobic on dead land branch of Quercus sp. Sexual morph: Stromata 0.7–2.2 × 0.3–1.1 mm, effuse-pulvinate, immersed in the host and erumpent from bark, bluntly conical, surrounded by a narrow, black, carbonized [...]
Coniochaeta acaciae Samarakoon, Gafforov & K.D. Hyde, Samarakoon et al., Phytotaxa 336(1): 49 (2018) Index Fungorum number: IF 553912 Saprobic on dead trunk and branches of Betula pendula. Asexual morph: See Samarakoon et al. (2018). Sexual morph: Ascomata 250–300 μm wide, 260–350 μm high, solitary to gregarious, semi-immersed to superficial, globose to ovoid, carbonaceous, [...]
Nemania Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 516 (1821) Index Fungorum number: IF3437 Nemania is a well-known genus in Xylariaceae. Fifty-five species are accepted in this genus (Dayarathne et al. 2020). They are characterized by ascostromata on decaying branches and cracked areas in logs with papillary ostioles, J+ or J- apical rings in [...]
Zygosporiaceae J.F. Li, Phookamsak & K.D. Hyde, Mycosphere 8(10): 1860 (2017) Index Fungorum number: IF553846 Zygosporiaceae was formally introduced by Li et al. (2017) to accommodate a single genus Zygosporium. Based on the phylogenetic analysis of LSU and ITS sequences, Zygosporiaceae is separated from other taxa in Xylariales. Species of Zygosporiaceae are saprobes on [...]
Coniochaeta (Sacc.) Cooke, Grevillea 16(no. 77): 16 (1887) Index Fungorum number: IF 1209 Coniochaeta is the type genus of Coniochaetaceae, Coniochaetales. The genus consists of 98 species (Species Fungorum 2020). The type species is C. ligniaria. Members of Coniochaeta are characterized by dark brown to black, pyriform to globose ascomata with or without ostioles, [...]
Nemania bipapillata (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Pouzar, Česká Mykol. 39: 24 (1985) Index Fungorum number: IF106291 Saprobic on a decaying twig. Sexual morph: Stromata superficial, aggregated, brown crustose on wood, laterally and apically very thick except for the ostiolar region. Ascomata perithecial, immersed in stroma, subglobose, carbonaceous, raised in central region with ostioles, flat [...]
Zygosporium Mont., in Sagra, Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2 17: 120 (1842) Index Fungorum number: IF10473 Montagne (1842) introduced Zygosporium, with the type species Z. oscheoides. Zygosporium species are hyphomycetous (asexual morphs) and characterized by incurved vesicular cells, globose or ellipsoid and smooth or variously ornamented conidia (Mason 1941, Hughes 1951). Members in [...]
Coniochaetaceae Malloch & Cain, Can. J. Bot. 49: 878 (1971) Index Fungorum number: IF 80629 Coniochaetaceae was established by Malloch & Cain (1971) and comprises two genera, Coniochaeta and Coniochaetidium. The family is accommodated in Coniochaetales (Huhndorf et al. 2004). Species of Coniochaetaceae are usually saprobic or pathogenic on plants and animals (Samarakoon [...]
Zygosporium masonii S. Hughes, Mycol. Pap. 44: 15 (1951) Index Fungorum number: IF308038 Saprobic on leaves of Dracaena sp. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Colonies effuse to compact, forming a thin layer, spreading on the substrate surface, numerous, conspicuous, black with flossy mycelium. Mycelium mostly superficial, consisting of cylindrical, light-brown to brown, smooth, septate, branched hyphae [...]
Cookeina Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 2: 849 (1891) Index Fungorum number: IF 1224 This genus was introduced by Kuntze (1891) and is typified by C. tricholoma. There are 11 species in this genus (Wijayawardene et al. 2020). Cookenia is characterized by brightly coloured, cupulate apothecia with stipitate, J-, operculate asci, ellipsoid to fusiform [...]