Lentitheciaceae

The Lentitheciaceae are a family of fungi in the order of Pleosporales. They are found world-wide (within China, Egypt, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Russia, Saudi, Thailand, UK and Uzbekistan,^[2]) with the greatest contributions found in Europe and Australia.^[3]

Lentitheciaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Lentitheciaceae Y. Zhang ter, C.L. Schoch, J.Fourn., Crous & K.D.Hyde, 2009 Stud. Mycol. 64: 93
Type genus
Lentithecium fluviatile (Aptroot & Van Ryck.) K.D. Hyde, J. Fourn. & Ying Zhang[1]
Genera
see text

In a phylogenetic study of Lophiostoma and Massarina species, Lentithecium was proposed in 2009 based on Lophiostoma fluvitale now called Lentithecium fluviatile (Aptroot & Van Ryck.) K.D.Hyde, J.Fourn. & Ying Zhang. Lentitheciaceae is a well supported clade.^[4]

Lentitheciaceous taxa are saprobic (living on dead tissue) on herbaceous and woody plants having narrow peridia, fusiform to broadly cylindrical pseudoparaphyses (sterile, thread-like filaments), hyaline (glassy appearance) ascospores with 1–3-transverse septa and containing refractive globules, surrounded by a mucilaginous sheath or extended appendage-like sheaths and asexual morphs producing stagonospora-like or dendrophoma-like asexual morphs.^[1] They are found in terrestrial or aquatic habitats.^[2]

Taxonomy

Genera accepted by the GBIF include:

• Aquilomyces D.G.Knapp, Kovács, J.Z.Groenew. & Crous, 2015 (5)
• Coenosphaeria
• Darksidea D.G.Knapp, Kovács, J.Z.Groenew. & Crous, 2015 (17)
• Flavomyces D.G.Knapp, Kovács, Groenewald & Crous, 2015 (2)
• Halobyssothecium Dayarathne, E.B.G.Jones & K.D.Hyde, 2018 (2)
• Katumotoa K.Tanaka & Y.Harada, 2005 (1)
• Keissleriella Höhn., 1919 (54)
• Lentithecium K.D.Hyde, J.Fourn. & Ying Zhang (6)
• Murilentithecium Wanas., Camporesi, E.B.G.Jones & K.D.Hyde, 2014 (5)
• Neoophiosphaerella Kaz.Tanaka & K.Hiray., 2015 (2)
• Poaceascoma Phookamsak & K.D.Hyde, 2015 (7)
• Setoseptoria Quaedvl., Verkley & Crous, 2013 (11)
• Suttonomyces Wijayaw., Camporesi & K.D.Hyde, 2015 (3)
• Tingoldiago K.Hirayama & K.Tanaka, 2010 (4)
• Towyspora Wanas., E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde (2016) (1)
• Zopfinula Kirschst. (1939) (1)

Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.^[3]