Pleurophoma Höhn., Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Math.- naturw. Klasse Abt. I 123: 117 (1914)

MycoBank number: MB 9467; Index Fungorum number: IF 9467; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07498; 9 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 4 species with molecular data.

Type speciesPleurophoma pleurospora (Sacc.) Höhn., Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Math.-naturw. Klasse Abt. I 123: 117 (1914).

Dendrophoma pleurospora Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 3: 178 (1884).

NotesPleurophoma was proposed based on P. pleurospora (De Gruyter et al. 2009) which lacks any known sexual morph (De Gruyter et al. 2010). Tibpromma et al. (2017) introduced Pleurophoma italica as a new species with both sexual and asexual morphs. However, this sexual morph is similar to Keissleriella. Further research should be conducted with extensive taxon sampling to resolve the relationship between Keissleriella and Pleurophoma.

Species

  • Pleurophoma pleurospora