Lophiostomataceae Explained

The Lophiostomataceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. Taxa have a widespread distribution, especially in temperate regions, and are saprobic or necrotrophic on herbaceous and woody stems.^[1]

The family Lophiostomataceae was thought to be heterogeneous or paraphyletic, but recent phylogenetic analyses support the monophyletic status of Lophiostomataceae sensu stricto (Mugambi and Huhndorf 2009; Zhang et al. 2012; Hyde et al. 2013; Wijayawardene et al. 2014,^[2]). In their multi-gene analysis, Schoch et al. (2006, 2009,) showed Lophiostomataceae to belong in Pleosporales.

Zhang et al. (2009), showed that Lophiostoma, Lophiotrema and Massarina formed well-supported subclades in Pleosporales.

Genera

As accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020 (with amount of species);

• Alpestrisphaeria (2)

• Biappendiculispora (1)

• Capulatispora (1)

• Coelodictyosporium (3)
• Crassiclypeus (1)
• Desertiserpentica (1)
• Dimorphiopsis (1)

• Flabellascoma (4)
• Guttulispora (1)

• Kiskunsagia (1)
• Lentistoma (2)
• Leptoparies (1)

• Lophiohelichrysum (1)
• Lophiomurispora (1)

• Lophiopoacea (2)
• Lophiostoma (ca. 100)

• Magnopulchromyces (1)

• Neopaucispora (2)
• Neotrematosphaeria (1)
• Neovaginatispora (2)
• Parapaucispora (1)
• Paucispora (3)
• Platystomum (ca. 20)
• Pseudocapulatispora (2)
• Pseudolophiostoma (5)
• Pseudopaucispora (1)
• Pseudoplatystomum (1)
• Quintaria (3)
• Sigarispora (18)
• Vaginatispora (8)

Notes and References

1. Book: Cannon PF, Kirk PM . Fungal Families of the World . CAB International . Wallingford, UK . 2007 . 0-85199-827-5.
2. Wijayawardene . etal . NN. 2014. Naming and outline of Dothideomycetes. Fungal Divers. 69. 1 . 1–55. 10.1007/s13225-014-0309-2 . 27284275 . 4896388 .