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Stachybotryaceae

The Stachybotryaceae are a family of fungi in the order Hypocreales; the genera it contains have been described as "hyper-diverse".

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Stachybotryaceae
Conidia of Stachybotrys sp.
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Stachybotryaceae
Lombard & Crous, 2014 1
Synonyms

Stachybotriaceae Lombard & Crous, 2014

The Stachybotryaceae are a family of fungi in the order Hypocreales; the genera it contains have been described as "hyper-diverse".2

The family was originally introduced by Crous et al. (2014) to accommodate three genera; Myrothecium, Peethamabra and Stachybotrys.1 It was revised by Lombard et al. (2016) based on morphological characters and multi-locus phylogenetic analysis. They accepted 33 genera in the family, including 21 new genera.2

Generally, the species in Stachybotryaceae are characterized by asexual morphs with mononematous to sporodochial to synnematous conidiomata, usually with phialidic conidiogenous cells that produce 0–1-septate conidia in dark green dry chains or slimy masses.2 Three species of Stachybotryaceae;(Koorchalomella salmonispora, Stachybotrys chartarum and Stachybotrys chlorohalonata) have been reported from freshwater habitats.3

Genera

As accepted in 2020 (with amount of species):4

  • Achroiostachys L. Lombard & Crous (6)
  • Albifimbria L. Lombard & Crous (5)
  • Albosynnema E.F. Morris (2)
  • Alfaria Crous, Montaño-Mata & García-Jim. (13)
  • Alfariacladiella Crous & R.K. Schumach. (1)
  • Brevistachys L. Lombard & Crous (5)
  • Capitofimbria L. Lombard & Crous (1)
  • Cymostachys L. Lombard & Crous (3)
  • Didymostilbe Henn. (14)
  • Digitiseta Gordillo & Decock (4)
  • Dimorphiseta L. Lombard & Crous(1)
  • Globobotrys L. Lombard & Crous (1)
  • Grandibotrys L. Lombard & Crous (3)
  • Gregatothecium L. Lombard & Crous (1)
  • Hyalinostachys C.G. Lin & K.D. Hyde (1)
  • Inaequalispora L. Lombard & Crous (3)
  • Kastanostachys L. Lombard & Crous (1)
  • Koorchalomella Chona, Munjal & J.N. Kapoor (2)
  • Melanopsamma Niessl (ca. 5)
  • Memnoniella Höhn. (9)
  • Myrothecium Tode (2)
  • Myxospora L. Lombard & Crous (6)
  • Neomyrothecium L. Lombard & Crous (1)
  • Paramyrothecium L. Lombard & Crous (14)
  • Parasarcopodium Melnik, S.J. Lee & Crous (3)
  • Parvothecium L. Lombard & Crous (2)
  • Peethambara Subram. & Bhat (1)
  • Pseudoornatispora Tibpromma & K.D. Hyde (1)
  • Septomyrothecium Matsush. (4)
  • Sirastachys L. Lombard & Crous (9)
  • Smaragdiniseta L. Lombard & Crous (1)
  • Stachybotrys Corda
  • Striatibotrys L. Lombard & Crous (7)
  • Striaticonidium L. Lombard & Crous (5)
  • Tangerinosporium L. Lombard & Crous (1)
  • Virgatospora Finley (2)
  • Xenomyrothecium L. Lombard & Crous (1)
  • Xepicula Nag Raj (4)
  • Xepiculopsis Nag Raj (2)

Note; for Stachybotrys Corda, 12 species have been phylogenetically studied although 81 epithets remain be studied.4

References

References

  1. Crous, P.W.; Shivas, R.G.; Quaedvlieg, W.; Van Der Bank, M.; Zhang, Y.; Summerell, B.A.; Guarro, J.; Wingfield, M.J.; Wood, A.R.; Alfenas, A.C.; Braun, U.; Cano-Lira, J.F.; García, D.; Marin-Felix, Y.; Alvarado, P.; Andrade, J.P.; Armengol, J.; Assefa, A.; Den Breeÿen, A.; Camele, I.; Cheewangkoon, R.; De Souza, J.T.; Duong, T.A.; Esteve-Raventós, F.; Fournier, J.; Frisullo, S.; García-Jiménez, J.; Gardiennet, A.; Gené, J.; et al. (2014). "Fungal Planet description sheets: 214–280". Persoonia. 32: 184–306. doi:10.3767/003158514X682395. PMC 4150077. PMID 25264390.
  2. Lombard, L.; Houbraken, J.; Decock, C.; Samson, R.A.; Meijer, M.; Réblová, M.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Crous, P.W. (2016). "Generic hyper-diversity in Stachybotriaceae". Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 36 (1): 156–246. doi:10.3767/003158516X691582. PMC 4988370. PMID 27616791.
  3. Bao, Dan-Feng; Hyde, Kevin D.; Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S. N.; Perera, Rekhani H.; Thiyagaraja, Vinodhini; Hongsanan, Sinang; Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.; Shen, Hong-Wei; Tian, Xing-Guo; Yang, Li-Quan; Nalumpang, Sarunya; Luo, Zong-Long (2023). "Taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of freshwater Hypocreomycetidae (Sordariomycetes)". Fungal Diversity. 121: 1–94. doi:10.1007/s13225-023-00521-8. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
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