Clasterosporium Schwein., Trans. Am. phil. Soc., New Series 4(2): 300 (1832)

MycoBank number: MB 7685; Index Fungorum number: IF 7685; Facesoffungi number: FoF 10233; 41 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 7 species with sequence data.

Type species – Clasterosporium caricinum Schwein.

Notes –The asexual morph of Clasterosporium is characterized by dark hypha, brownish conidiophores, cylindrical or spindle-shaped, 3(+)-celled conidia. The sexual morph of Clasterosporium has reported based on a two species in Clasterosphaeria, and later Clasterosphaeria was synonymised under Clasterosporium (Zhang et al. 2016). The genus sexual characters is superficial, globose, dark brown to black, ostiolate ascomata, later collapsing, 8- spored asci and hyaline to subhyaline, fusiform, 3-septate ascospores (Sivanesan 1984, Hosagoudar 2004). However, these genera have to be recollected and sequenced to confirm their placement.

Species

  • Clasterosporium caricinum