Ploettnerulaceae
Facesoffungi number: FoF 05881
Taxa are saprobic or plant pathogenic (Matheis 1977, Vera & Murray 2016, Meyer & Luttrell 1986, 1987). Ascomata are apothecial. Apothecia are cupulate, discoid or urn-shaped and sessile or sub-stipitate. The margins are sometimes covered with pigmented hairs. The ectal excipulum is composed of pigmented cells of textura globulosa to angularis and medullary excipulum hyaline cells of textura prismatica. Paraphyses are filiform, cylindrical or lanceolate and guttulate. Asci are 8-spored, conical apex and amyloid. Ascospores are 0–3-septate, ellipsoid to long-filiform and guttulate (Matheis 1977, Vera & Murray 2016, Smerlis 1966, Meyer & Luttrell 1986). Asexual morphs are hyphomycetous or coelomycetous. Conidiophores are phialidic and hyaline to brown. Conidia are ellipsoid to rod-shaped or filiform with pointed apices and 0–1-septate (Walsh et al. 2018, Travadon et al. 2015, Gramaje et al. 2011, Marvanova & Barlocher 2001, Goncalves et al. 2012, Duarte et al. 2016, Gönczöl & Révay 2003, Goodwin 2002, King et al. 2013).
Notes – This family formed monophyletic well-supported clade with Drepanopezizaceae. According to our phylogenetic analysis, the genus Rhynchosporium showed a close relationship with this family. Similar phylogenetic placement of this genus shown in Pärtel (2016). Therefore, considering the results of our phylogeny and previous literature, we add Rhynchosporium to this family. Some taxa (e.g. Cadophora, Oculimacula) of this family are plant pathogens which cause stem rots, wood decay, trunk hypertrophy and bark cracks in economically important crops such as cereal, soybean and kiwifruit trees (Travadon et al. 2015).
Recent Genus
RutstroemiaXeropilidium
Ionomidotis
Recent Species
Encoelia furfuraceaRutstroemia tiliacea
Xeropilidium dennisii