Wilsonomyces Adask., J.M. Ogawa & E.E. Butler, Mycotaxon 37: 283 (1990).

MycoBank number: MB 11250; Index Fungorum number: IF 11250; Facesoffungi number: FoF 07942; 1 morphological species (Marin-Felix et al. 2017), 1 species with molecular data.

Type speciesWilsonomyces carpophilus (Lév.) Adask., J.M. Ogawa & E.E. Butler, Mycotaxon 37: 283 (1990).

Helminthosporium carpophilum Lév., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2 19: 215 (1843).

NotesWilsonomyces was established by Adaskaveg et al. (1990) as a monotypic genus with W. carpophilus as the type. Sutton (1997) treated Thyrostroma as a synonym of Wilsonomyces. However, molecular studies based on three nuclear genes (Marin-Felix et al. 2017) shows that Wilsonomyces carpophilus groups away from Thyrostroma compactum and they are morphologically different as well, and hence they are not congeneric.

Species

  • Wilsonomyces carpophilus