Bipolaris Shoemaker, Can. J. Bot. 33:882(1959) For synonyms see Index Fungorum (2018) Background Species of Bipolaris are cosmopolitan and distributed throughout a broad range of environments. Bipolaris species are pathogens, saprobes or endophytes of a wide range of hosts (Hyde et al. 2014). Bipolaris oryzae critically damaged the...
Waitea Warcup & P.H.B. Talbot, Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc 45(4): 503 (1962) Background The genus Waitea was founded by Warcup and Talbot (1962) for W. circinata producing small pink-orange sclerotia in soil. The resemblance of hyphae to Rhizoctonia was noted upon the establishment of the genus, but...
Venturia Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 1: 586 (1882) Background The genus Venturia was introduced by Saccardo (1882), for V. inaequalis (Cooke) G. Winter. Most of the species in this genus are notable plant pathogens, e.g. apple scab (V. inaequalis), pear scab (V. pyrina Aderh.), poplar shoot blight...
Tilletia Tul. & C. Tul., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3 7: 112 (1847) Background Tulasne and Tulasne (1847) named Tilletia (Tilletiaceae, Exobasidiales) after Matthieu du Tillet (1714–1791), who first determined the pathogenicity of T. caries on wheat in France (Vánky and Shivas 2008). Tillet showed...
Pseudopyricularia Klaubauf, M.-H. Lebrun & Crous, in Klaubaufet al., Stud. Mycol. 79: 109 (2014) Background Pseudopyricularia is a dematiaceous hyphomycete genus introduced by Klaubauf et al. (2014) based on the type species P. kyllingae Klaubauf, Lebrun & Crous. The genus name refers to its morphological similarity to...
Plenodomus Preuss, Linnaea 24:145(1851) For synonyms see Index Fungorum (2018) Background The genus Plenodomus is one of the oldest pleosporalean genera with a long history of taxonomic debate. Preuss (1851) introduced Plenodomus based on P. rabenhorstii (de Gruyter et al. 2013, Ariyawansa et al. 2015a). However, the type...
Phellinotus Drechsler-Santos et al., in Drechsler-Santos et al., Phytotaxa 261(3): 222 (2016) Background Phellinotus was described by Drechsler-Santos et al. (2016) and it is typified by Phellinotus neoaridus Drechsler-Santos & Robledo. Only two species, P. neoaridus and P. piptadeniae (Teixeira) Drechsler-Santos & Robledo have been reported, mostly...
Phaeoacremonium W. Gams, Crous & M.J. Wingf., Mycologia 88(5):789(1996) For synonyms see Index Fungorum (2018) Background The hyphomycetous genus Phaeoacremonium was established by Crous et al. (1996) to accommodate six species with P. parasiticum (Ajello, Georg & C.J.K. Wang) W. Gams, Crous & M.J. Wingf. as the...
Neofabraea H.S. Jacks., Rep. Oregon Exp. Sta.: 187 (1913) [1911-1912] For synonyms see Index Fungorum (2018) Background Neofabraea was introduced by Jackson (1913) and typified by N. malicorticis. Neofabraea alba, N. kienholzii, N. malicorticis and N. perennans are pathogens, saprobes or endophytes mostly associated with fruits. Neofabraea are...
Limonomyces Stalpers & Loer., Can. J. Bot. 60(5):553 (1982) Background Limonomyces was introduced by Stalpers and Loerakker (1982) and is typified with L. roseipellis, causing pink disease in turf grasses. As in many Corticiaceae, the species forms thin, effused pink-coloured fruiting bodies with a simple microstructure. The...
Laetisaria Burds., Trans. Br. Mycol. soc. 72(3): 420(1979) Background The genus Laetisaria was established by Burdsall (1979) for L. fuciformis (asexual Isaria fuciformis) with effuse, whitish pink fruiting bodies, causing red thread disease in turfgrasses. Each of the other three species assigned to Laetisaria represents a different...
Fulvifomes Murrill, North. Polyp.: 49(1914) For synonyms see Index Fungorum (2018) Background Fulvifomes was described by Murrill (1914) and it is typified by F. robiniae (Murrill) Murrill. Originally, Fulvifomes was characterized by “hymenophore large, perennial, epixylous, sessile, ungulate or applanate; surface sulcate, usually anoderm and often rough or...
Fomitiporia Murill, N. Amer. Fl. (New York) 9(1):7 (1907) Background The genus was established by Murrill (1907). The main characters of the genus include resupinate to pileate basidiocarp, hyaline and subglobose to globose, dextrinoid and cyanophilous basidiospores, dimitic hyphal and variable cystidioles and hymenial setae (Chen and...
Erythricium J. Erikss. & Hjortstam, Svensk bot. Tideskr. 64(2): 165 (1970) Background Erythricium was introduced by Eriksson and Hjortstam (1970) and is typified by E. laetum. Erythricium species are saprotrophic, plant pathogenic, or lichenicolous. Erythricium salmonicolor is a noteworthy pathogen of several economically important trees such as...
Entyloma de Bary, Bot. Ztg. 32(7): 101(1874) For synonyms see Index Fungorum (2018) Background Entyloma, known as the white smut fungus, was characterized by de Bary (1874). It forms teliospores with Tilletia-type basidia (holobasidia with apically produced basidiospores), and unique white coloration of the dense leaf spots caused...
Alternaria Nees, Syst. Pilze (Würzburg): 72 (1816) [1816–17] For synonyms see Index Fungorum (2018) Background Alternaria was established by Nees von Esenbeck (1816) and species of Alternaria are known as serious plant pathogens (Nishimura et al. 1978; Peever et al. 2002; Thomma 2003; Lawrence et al. 2013; Woudenberg...
Elsinoe Racib. [as 'Elsinoë'], Parasit. Alg. Pilze Java's (Jakarta) 1: 14 (1900) Background Elsinoe was introduced by Raciborski (1900) based on E. canavaliae (Hyde et al. 2013; Jayawardena et al. 2014). von Arx & Müller (1975) placed this genus in Myriangiaceae based on the nature of its...
Coniella Höhn., Ber. dt. bot. Ges. 36(7): 316 (1918) = Pilidiella Petr. & Syd., Beih. Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 42(1): 462 (1927) [1926]; = Schizoparme Shear, Mycologia 15(3): 120 (1923) For more synonyms see Index Fungorum (2018) Background Coniella Höhn. is a cosmopolitan genus which was introduced by...
Corticiaceae Herter, Krypt.-Fl, Brandenburg (Leipzig) 6(1):70 (1910) Background Corticiaceae is one of the oldest family names established by Heter (1910) and for a long time was a repository for all basidiomycetes sharing corticioid type of fruiting body, that is basidiomes with resupinate or cortex-like appearance formed over...
Calonectria De Not., Comm. Soc. Crittog. Ital. 2(fasc.3): 477 (1867) For synonyms see Index Fungorum (2018) Background Calonectria was first introduced based on C. daldiniana in 1867. Calonectria species are pathogenic to a wide range of woody and herbaceous plant hosts in tropical and subtropical areas (Chen et...
