Chlorociboriaceae
Chlorociboriaceae Baral & P.R.Johnst.
Facesoffungi number: FoF 05957
Taxa are saprobic on dead stems. Ascomata are apothecial. Apothecia are stipitate, cupulate to discoid, arising from a basal stromatic mass, erumpent or superficial and blue green. The exterior surface is glabrous or with short septate hairs. The ectal excipulum is composed of cells of textura prismatica or textura intricata and covered by dark green exudate and medullary excipulum is composed of cells of textura intricata. Paraphyses are filiform. Asci are 8-spored, arising from croziers and cylindric-clavate with amyloid ring. Ascospores are ellipsoid to fusoid, straight to slightly curved, hyaline and 0–3-septate (Johnston & Park 2005, Donner et al. 2012, Robinson 2012, Robinson et al. 2012, 2014, Ren & Zhuang 2014b, Zheng & Zhuang 2017b). Asexual morphs are stromatic and multilocular and conidia are rod-shaped (Jaklitsch et al. 2016).
Notes – Chlorociboria species are economically important as they produce green stain, named xylindein (Edwards & Kale 1965, Saikawa et al. 2000, Donner et al. 2012).
Recent Genus
RutstroemiaXeropilidium
Ionomidotis
Recent Species
Encoelia furfuraceaRutstroemia tiliacea
Xeropilidium dennisii