Schiffnerula Höhn., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 118: 867 [55 repr.] (1909).

MycoBank number: MB 4886; Index Fungorum number: IF 4886; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07966; – 96 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), molecular data unavailable.

Type species: Schiffnerula mirabilis Höhn., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 118: 868 [56 repr.] (1909).

Notes: Hosagoudar (2011) considered Schiffnerula as a new family, because Schiffnerula has young ascomata which look like a shield-plate on hyphae. According to von Höhnel (1909b, 1910), both Rhytidenglerula and Schiffnerula have thin, shield-like immature ascomata and should belong to Englerulaceae. In addition, Schiffnerula has globose, ascomata, developing on brown hyphae and contain a few globose to ovate asci with multi-seriate, ellipsoid, 1-septate ascospores, with Digitosarcinella, Mitteriella, Sarcinella, Questieriella as its asexual morph. Therefore, we retain Schiffnerula as a genus in Englerulaceae.

Species

  • Schiffnerula mirabilis