Stachybotryaceae Explained

The Stachybotryaceae are a family of fungi in the order Hypocreales; the genera it contains have been described as "hyper-diverse".^[1]

The family was originally introduced by Crous et al. (2014) to accommodate three genera; Myrothecium, Peethamabra and Stachybotrys.^[2] 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.^[1]

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.^[1] 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]

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

Notes and References

1. Lombard . L. . Houbraken . J. . Decock . C. . Samson . R.A. . Meijer . M. . Réblová . M. . Groenewald . J.Z. . Crous . P.W. . Generic hyper-diversity in Stachybotriaceae. . Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi . 2016 . 36 . 1 . 156–246. 10.3767/003158516X691582 . 27616791 . 4988370 .
2. 10.3767/003158514X682395. 25264390. 4150077. Fungal Planet description sheets: 214–280. Persoonia. 32. 184–306. 2014 . 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.. Hernández-Restrepo . M. . 29.
3. 10.1007/s13225-023-00521-8 . Taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of freshwater Hypocreomycetidae (Sordariomycetes) . 2023 . 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 . Fungal Diversity . 121 . 1–94 .
4. 6 . Wijayawardene . Nalin . Hyde . Kevin . Laith Khalil Tawfeeq . Al-Ani . Somayeh . Dolatabadi . Stadler . Marc . Haelewaters . Danny . Tsurykau . Andrei . Mesic . Armin . Navathe . Sudhir . Papp . Viktor . Oliveira Fiuza . Patrícia . Vázquez . Víctor . Gautam . Ajay . Becerra . Alejandra G. . Ekanayaka . Anusha . K. C. . Rajeshkumar . Bezerra . Jadson . Matočec . Neven . Maharachchikumbura . Sajeewa . Suetrong . Satinee . 2020 . Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa . Mycosphere . 11 . 1060–1456 . 10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8 . free. 10481/61998 . free .