Mollisiaceae
Facesoffungi number: FoF 05878
Taxa are saprobic or plant pathogenic. Some form mycorrhizal associations. Ascomata are apothecial and characterized by discoid receptacle covered with hairs. The ectal excipulum is composed of cells of textura globulosa to angularis and medullary excipulum is composed of cells of textura prismatica. Paraphyses are filiform, cylindrical or lanceolate, apically swollen and guttulate. Asci are 8-spored, amyloid, cylindric clavate and mostly arising from croziers. Ascospores are 0–7-septate, ellipsoid to long-filiform and guttulate (Müller & Hütter 1963, Crous et al. 2007, Nannfeldt 1983, Graddon 1990, 1984, Gminder 2012, Prasher et al. 2003, Dennis 1962, Dennis and Spooner 1993). Asexual morphs are sporodochial. Conidiophores are hyaline to brown. Conidia are unicellular, ellipsoid or phragmosporous, hyaline or brown and also in chains (Sutton & Ganapathi 1978, Butin et al. 1996, Grünig et al. 2002).
Notes – This forms a sister clade with Loramycetaceae. Even the most of taxa of the family form a monophyletic clade, the genera classified within the family, especially Mollisia and Trimmatostroma are highly polyphyletic and need more phylogenetic analyses to resolve them.
Recent Genus
RutstroemiaXeropilidium
Ionomidotis
Recent Species
Encoelia furfuraceaRutstroemia tiliacea
Xeropilidium dennisii