Peyronelia Cif. & Gonz. Frag., Bol. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat.: 333 (1927).

MycoBank number: MB 9281; Index Fungorum number: IF 9281; Facesoffungi number: FoF 08105; 4 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), molecular data unavailable.

Type species – Peyronelia sirodesmioides Cif. & Gonz. Frag., Boln Real Soc. Españ. Hist. Nat., Biologica 27: 334 (1927).

Notes – This genus is characterized by hyphomycetous asexual morph and conidiophores reduced to conidiogenous cell. In previous studies Pseudoscypha was placed in Mytilinidiaceae (Hyde et al. 2013, Wijayawardene et al. 2018). Fresh material and sequence data are required to confirm the placement of this genus.

Species

  • Peyronelia sirodesmioides