Didymosphaeriaceae

The Didymosphaeriaceae are a family of fungi in the order Pleosporales. The family was erected by Anders Munk in 1953.

Didymosphaeriaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Didymosphaeriaceae Munk (1953)[1]
Type genus
Didymosphaeria Fuckel (1870)
Genera
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Taxa have a cosmopolitan distribution, and are saprobic in both woody and herbaceous plants. Some species are parasitic on other fungi.^[2] The validity of the family as a distinct taxonomic unit was questioned in a 2014 publication that suggested that the genera Appendispora, Phaeodothis, Roussoella, and Verruculina should be moved into other families.^[3]

The type genus is Didymosphaeria, circumscribed by Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in 1870.

Genera

According to the 2022 version of Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa, the Didymosphaeriaceae contains 33 genera and about 254 species.^[4]

• Alloconiothyrium Verkley, Göker & Stielow (2014) – 1 sp.
• Austropleospora R.G.Shivas & L.Morin (2010) – 1 sp.
• Barria Z.Q.Yuan (1994) – 1 sp.
• Bimuria D.Hawksw., Chea & Sheridan (1979) – 1 sp.
• Chromolaenicola Mapook & K.D.Hyde (2020) – 6 spp.
• Curreya Sacc. (1883) – 2 spp.
• Cylindroaseptospora Jayasiri, E.B.G.Jones & K.D.Hyde (2019) – 2 spp.
• Deniquelata Ariyaw. & K.D.Hyde (2019) – 2 spp.
• Didymocrea Kowalski (1965) – 1 sp.
• Didymosphaeria Fuckel (1870) – ca. 25 spp.
• Kalmusia Niessl (1872) – 15 spp.
• Kalmusibambusa Phook., Tennakoon, Thambug. & K.D.Hyde (2017) – 1 sp.
• Karstenula Speg. (1879) – 16 spp.
• Laburnicola Wanas., Camporesi, E.B.G.Jones & K.D.Hyde (2016) – 4 spp.
• Letendraea Sacc. (1880) – ca. 3 spp.
• Lineostroma H.J.Swart (1988) – 1 sp.
• Montagnula Berl. (1896) – ca. 30 spp.
• Neokalmusia Ariyaw. & K.D.Hyde (2014) – 5 spp.
• Neptunomyces M.Gonçalves, T.Vicente & A.Alves (2019) – 1 sp.
• Paracamarosporium Wijayaw. & K.D.Hyde (2014) – 7 spp.
• Paraconiothyrium Verkley (2004) – 19 spp.
• Paramassariosphaeria Wanas., E.B.G.Jones & K.D.Hyde (2016) – 2 spp.
• Paraphaeosphaeria O.E.Erikss. (1967) – 33 spp.
• Phaeodothis Syd. & P.Syd. (1904) – 5 spp.
• Pseudocamarosporium Wijayaw. & K.D.Hyde (2014) – 13 spp.
• Pseudodidymocyrtis Flakus, Rodr.Flakus & Etayo (2019) – 1 sp.
• Pseudopithomyces Ariyaw. & K.D.Hyde (2015) – 10 spp.
• Pseudotrichia Kirschst. (1939) – ca. 8 spp.
• Spegazzinia Sacc. (1879) – ca. 30 spp.
• Tremateia Kohlm., Volkm.-Kohlm. & O.E.Erikss. (1995) – 3 spp.
• Verrucoconiothyrium Crous (2015) – 4 spp.
• Vicosamyces Firmino, A.R.Machado & O.L.Pereira (2019) – 1 sp.
• Xenocamarosporium Crous & M.J.Wingf. (2015) – 1 sp.