Truncatella Steyaert, Bull. Jard. bot. État Brux. 19: 293 (1949)

Index Fungorum number:IF 10328; MycoBank number: MB 10328; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00705; 13 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 7 species with sequence data.

Type species – Truncatella truncata (Lév.) Steyaert

Notes – Truncatella was established by Steyaert (1949) to accommodate distinct species having 3-septate, verruculose, pigmented conidia (Steyaert 1949, Jeewon et al. 2002, Maharachchikumbura et al. 2016b, Tibpromma et al. 2017b). They occur worldwide as saprobes on various dicotyledons and monocotyledons (Farr & Rossman 2019).

Species

  • Truncatella truncata