Re-Evaluation of the Order Sordariales: Delimitation of Lasiosphaeriaceae s. str., and Introduction of the New Families Diplogelasinosporaceae, Naviculisporaceae, and Schizotheciaceae

Yasmina Marin-Felix; Andrew N Miller; José F Cano-Lira; Josep Guarro; D García; Marc Stadler; Sabine M Huhndorf; Alberto M Stchigel

doi:10.3390/microorganisms8091430

Re-Evaluation of the Order Sordariales: Delimitation of Lasiosphaeriaceae s. str., and Introduction of the New Families Diplogelasinosporaceae, Naviculisporaceae, and Schizotheciaceae

Microorganisms. 2020 Sep 17;8(9):1430. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8091430.

Authors

Yasmina Marin-Felix^{1

2}, Andrew N Miller³, José F Cano-Lira², Josep Guarro², D García², Marc Stadler¹, Sabine M Huhndorf⁴, Alberto M Stchigel²

Affiliations

¹ Department Microbial Drugs, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
² Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/ Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain.
³ Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, 1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
⁴ Botany Department, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605, USA.

Abstract

The order Sordariales includes the polyphyletic family Lasiosphaeriaceae, which comprises approximately 30 genera characterized by its paraphysate ascomata, asci with apical apparati, and mostly two-celled ascospores, which have a dark apical cell and a hyaline lower cell, frequently ornamented with mucilaginous appendages[...].

Keywords: 35 new taxa; Areotheca; Lundqvistomyces; Naviculispora; Pseudoechria; Pseudoschizothecium; Rhypophila; soil.

Grants and funding

CGL2017-88094-P/Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad